Graft suspect says he’s glad he turned himself in
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AN article by Wang Guoqiang about life on the run as a corruption suspect has been published by China’s anti-corruption authority.
The article by the former Party chief of Fengcheng in northeast China’s Liaoning Province was published on the website of the Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Wang returned to China from the United States and turned himself in to the discipline authority in December after more than two years on the run in America.
Looking back on his days as a fugitive, Wang said: “I hate myself for bringing my wife and myself to such an abyss.”
Wang said that during his two years and eight months in the US, he and his wife did not dare use their passports, see doctors, contact relatives in China or visit friends in the US.
“Most of the time, we stayed in the cramped room we rented and only went out to buy food in the evening,” he wrote.
Wang said they had to frequently change their residence to avoid suspicion.
They had to live in shared rooms since subleasing did not require their passports.
The couple ate the cheapest food, did not buy any new clothes or cosmetics and didn’t even dare to go to a hair salon.
Wang said they stuck to the outer suburbs of American cities and never once visited downtown areas.
Nor did they go to hospitals, as seeing a doctor would also require showing a passport. For the same reason, they were not eligible to buy prescription medicine.
“I was almost killed by a serious heart attack one time,” Wang said. “But now, I am glad that I have finally made the right choice to return home and atone for my crimes.”
Wang’s confession forms part of a report on how the CCDI is working to bring back corruption suspects who flee abroad.
It said that it was working with the country’s top court, top procuratorate, ministries of foreign affairs, public security, state security and justice as well as the central bank in an international manhunt for corrupt officials.
It revealed that major channels to pursue fugitives include asking a foreign country for the extradition or repatriation of illegal immigrants as well as asking suspects to voluntarily turn themselves in.
The CCDI said it was also working with foreign countries to retrieve officials’ illegal gains from abroad.
China has signed extradition treaties with 39 countries and criminal judicial assistance treaties with 52 countries.
It has also signed 124 agreements or memorandums with 91 countries, regions or international organizations.
The CCDI said that more than 500 Chinese officials who had escaped abroad were brought to justice last year and more than 3 billion yuan (US$485 million) recovered.
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