A man suspected of fraud was sent back to Hunan in central China Tuesday evening, after spending nine years on the run outside China.
Zhang allegedly cheated a bank in Xiangtan of Hunan of 8.1 million yuan (about 1.28 million U.S. dollars) in December 2006. A warrant for his arrest was issued by the People's Procuratorate of Xiangtan in January 2007.
In 2015, police found that Zhang was in southeast Asia and about to go to the Philippines. He was caught by the Philippine police on Friday morning as he arrived at Manila airport.
China's vigorous campaign to return corrupt officials and other economic fugitives overseas is making strides with Fox Hunt 2015 launched in April, prompting local police to reach out to their overseas counterparts.
The campaign last year snagged 680 economic fugitives from 69 countries and regions.
