Thai Immigration Police Arrest Chinese Fugitive Guan at a Bangkok Hotel Over a Dongguan Bid-Rigging Case Worth More Than 500 Million Yuan
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov. 11 — Thai immigration police detained a 51-year-old Chinese national, identified only by the alias Guan, at a luxury hotel in Bangkok's Huai Khwang district at about 1:30 p.m. on November 11, ending his flight from a construction bid-rigging investigation in southern China. Officers found him after a request from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok. His permission to stay in Thailand was revoked, and he is being held by the Immigration Bureau pending deportation to China.
According to the allegations relayed by Thai immigration police from their Chinese counterparts, the Public Security Bureau in Dongguan, Guangdong province, issued an arrest warrant for Guan on July 29 this year, accusing him of fraud and bid-rigging conspiracy. The case traces back to March 2023, when Guan and his associates allegedly bribed the experts responsible for assessing tender prices so that Guangdong Mingye Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. would win a residential construction contract in Dongguan's Songshan Lake high-tech zone, a project worth more than 500 million yuan, or about 2.5 billion baht. Dongguan police formally opened the criminal case on April 16 this year, and an accomplice surnamed Wei has already been taken into custody in China.
The operation was led by a superintendent of the Immigration Bureau's Investigation Division. The bureau said it would continue tracking foreign fugitives who use Thailand as a hiding place. The charges against Guan have not been tried or decided by a Chinese court.
(Source: Thailand Immigration Bureau)
Source: Thailand Immigration Bureau
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