A man who is number two on China's Most Wanted Economic Fugitives list — and whose story deserves to be turned into a Hollywood movie — has been sent back to the mainland.
Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said goodbye to former Chinese government official Li Huabo, 53, on Saturday as soon as he was released from jail.
China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has posted photos of him being led from an airplane by two police officers and then handcuffed, reports Reuters.
His permanent resident status in Singapore, as well as his family's, has also been revoked.
Li was sentenced in April 2013 to 15 months' jail, after an 18-day trial, for receiving around SGD182,700 of stolen money in his Singapore bank account, according to a news report.
Li is from Poyang, one of China's poorest counties. He studied accounting and was a low-level government official who claims to have made his riches by buying goods at cheap government prices then selling them for a higher price.
He later figured in an elaborate SGD19-million scheme embezzling funds from the Chinese governmment. Natually, he claims he was set up. He was the fall guy, not a crook, he told Bloomberg in 2013.
At the time of his arrest, his assets included four properties in Singapore, including a SGD1.3-million three-bedroom apartment.
Photo: Xinhua
A man who is number two on China's Most Wanted Economic Fugitives list — and whose story deserves to be turned into a Hollywood movie — has been sent back to the mainland.
Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said goodbye to former Chinese government official Li Huabo, 53, on Saturday as soon as he was released from jail.
China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has posted photos of him being led from an airplane by two police officers and then handcuffed, reports Reuters.
His permanent resident status in Singapore, as well as his family's, has also been revoked.
Li was sentenced in April 2013 to 15 months' jail, after an 18-day trial, for receiving around SGD182,700 of stolen money in his Singapore bank account, according to a news report.
Li is from Poyang, one of China's poorest counties. He studied accounting and was a low-level government official who claims to have made his riches by buying goods at cheap government prices then selling them for a higher price.
He later figured in an elaborate SGD19-million scheme embezzling funds from the Chinese governmment. Natually, he claims he was set up. He was the fall guy, not a crook, he told Bloomberg in 2013.
At the time of his arrest, his assets included four properties in Singapore, including a SGD1.3-million three-bedroom apartment.
Photo: Xinhua