Fugitive returns after 'careful consideration'   

高山妻：回国自首是深思熟虑决定没受到威逼

原任中国银行黑龙江省分行哈尔滨河松街支行行长高山因重大经济犯罪潜逃加拿大近8年后终于回国自首，其妻子李雪在其加拿大北温哥华家中强调，高山作出这个决定时深思熟虑，没受到威逼。

Toronto (CNS) -- Gao Shan, a suspected racketeer who had been at large in Canada for nearly eight years, has turned himself in, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said Monday.

Gao, former head of a Bank of China branch in Heilongjiang Province, is suspected of acquiring nearly one billion yuan (US$157 million) from state-owned companies and government departments through banknote fraud between 2000 and 2004, according to the MPS.

Gao's wife Li Xue, who spoke to CNS from her home in Toronto, said Gao made the decision after careful consideration, not by coercion.

She declined to discuss plans for herself or her daughter.