PUBLISHED: 23 Mar 2025 at 13: 32
A Chinese fugitive wanted by immigration police has been detained in connection with a 2.4 billion yuan ( roughly 11 billion baht ) embezzlement case.
Zhang Wei, a Chinese national wanted for economic fraud, was apprehended by police on Saturday at a motel in Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong district, according to Pol Lt. Gen. Panumas Boonyaluck, the immigration bureau’s chief, on Sunday.
In the 2024 investigation, Mr. Zhang was charged with conspiring with others to extort money from a major development company in the Shandong state. Next, using a fake passport from the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, he fled to Bangkok under the name” Tu Nan.”
No improvement requests were made despite the fact that an original investigation revealed that the suspect’s immigration had expired on March 12. Later, officers discovered that Mr. Zhang had stayed at a posh Ratchaprasong hotel and had security there.  ,  ,
Mr. Zhang, who was stopped by police for an identity test, insisted that he was a citizen of Vanuatu and never Chinese. He claimed that his card had vanished and gave police a photo of his alleged Vanuatu id as evidence of identification.  ,
Police Lt. Gen. Panumas claimed that after biometric identification verifications established Mr. Zhang’s individuality as the wanted Chinese criminal, they took him into custody.