A Chinese nationwide was detained by Indonesian authorities on Thursday ( Dec. 5 ) for reportedly helping to move and launder almost US$ 18 million from a legal online gaming group in China.
Immigration officers detained Yan Zhenxing on Monday at a Batam cross-border boat terminal.
Yan was detained following an Interpol red realize, according to Yuldi Yusman, the chairman of immigration control and police. The finds direct law enforcement organizations from around the world to catch or apprehend a suspect wanted in a particular nation.
Yusman said Yan, a permanent citizen of Singapore, was arriving in Batam for a holiday with his home when he was detained.
Indonesian government brought the believe, wearing a detainee’s peach top and a face mask, to a news conference on Thursday in the capital of Jakarta.
The believe did not provide any information or ask any questions.
Yan was identified by police in China’s Inner Mongolia region as a suspect, according to Yusman, who alleges he was involved in the laundering and transfer of more than 130 million yuan ( US$$ 17.3 million ) from a criminal online gambling group.
He claimed that Yan was handed over to Indonesia’s National Central Bureau Interpol in Jakarta on Thursday and that it will take some time before a decision is made to arrest or apprehend him to China.