CRI听力:China Nets First Fugitive on 100-people Wanted List

Dai Xuemin is the former manager of a trust and investment company based in Shanghai.

He is suspected of embezzling funds totaling 11 million yuan, or some 1.7 million U.S. dollars.

Dai fled China in August 2001.

The Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the top anti-graft body in the country, said that Dai was under detention on Saturday, after he returned China with a fake ID and a foreign passport.

He was netted under a joint operation involving multiple government departments from Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui.

Zhang Zhiyi is the deputy director from the anti-corruption bureau under the People's Procuratorate of Shanghai.

Zhang gives more details on the current hunt for economic fugitives.

"Special action plans are required. We are doing multiple tasks at the same time. On the one hand, we are continuing to collect information on suspects, and establish files specific to each case. On the other hand, we are making more efforts to try to persuade the fugitives to come back themselves with the help of their family. We are communicating and cooperating with multiple government departments for a joint operation. Consensus between departments has been achieved."

The move comes after the Interpol's Chinese office released a global wanted list of 100 Chinese nationals.

These 77 men and 23 women on the list are believed to be involved in economic crimes, and have fled the country already.

The list contains their names, suspected crimes as well as their possible destinations after fleeing China.

Gao Bo, a political researcher from the Chinese Academy of Social Science, warns that with the list being made public, it would be more difficult for economic fugitives to hide away.

"According to what has been made public, government departments have conducted thorough communication and coordination with relevant international organizations and law enforcement institutes of target countries. We have initial plans in place for cooperation in the next phases, and a basic idea of the moves of fugitives. "

The move is part of the "Sky Net", a campaign launched by the central authorities to repatriate corruption suspects.

Sky Net combines efforts on the part of the government, the Communist Party, the central bank and diplomatic services.

Those on the wanted list are said to be only a fraction of the target suspects.

For CRI, I'm Yu Yang.