JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have arrested a Chinese nationwide needed by Beijing for allegedly serving to to switch and launder almost $18 million from an internet playing crime group in China, officers mentioned on Thursday (December 5).
Yan Zhenxing was arrested by immigration officers on the cross-border ferry terminal in Batam on Monday.
Yuldi Yusman, director of immigration supervision and enforcement, mentioned Yan was arrested following an Interpol purple discover towards him. The alerts require legislation enforcement businesses all over the world to detain or arrest a needed suspect from a selected nation.
Yusman mentioned Yan, a Singapore everlasting resident, was coming to Batam for a vacation together with his household when he was arrested.
Indonesian authorities introduced the suspect, who was sporting a prisoner’s orange T-shirt and a masks, to a information convention Thursday within the capital Jakarta.
The suspect made no assertion and was not requested any questions.
Yusman mentioned Yan had been named a suspect by police in China’s Inner Mongolia area, who say he was concerned within the switch and laundering of greater than 130 million yuan ($17.9 million) from a legal playing group on-line playing.
He mentioned Yan was handed over to Indonesia’s Interpol National Central Bureau in Jakarta on Thursday and that the choice to deport or extradite him to China will take time.
