MANILA -- Philippine officials have turned over to China a former government official wanted for alleged economic crime and corruption.
Xie Haojie (SHEE'-ye hao-JEE'-ye) was arrested on Sunday, January 13, in Manila in an operation coordinated with Chinese authorities.
The 49-year-old is wanted back home on charges of corruption that amounted to $210 million.
Officials from the Philippine Bureau of Immigration handed him over Wednesday, January 16, to China's authorities in Manila for deportation.
Li Shulei, vice chairman of China's National Supervisory Commission, said the case involved a huge amount of money that made Xie "a very terrible social influence."
Xie was presented to the media in the Philippines but did not make any statement.
Presidential Anti-Corruption Chairman Dante Jimenez commended the agents of the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation, an agency under the Department of Justice, for Xie's arrest.
He said the arrest of the Chinese national was a swift response of the government to the Chinese Government's request for assistance in capturing the fugitive. (AP/With Al Padilla)