JOHANNESBURG - A Chinese national who has been hiding in Johannesburg is being extradited.
The 63-year-old man is accused of defrauding his country of more than R120-million.
He has been on Interpol’s red notice list and was sent back home on Friday.
Police say 18 more Chinese fugitives are hiding in South Africa. Eleven have been placed on Interpol's red notice.
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said the man allegedly ran an illegal foreign exchange currency business in China between 2020 and 2021.
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However, when his accomplices were arrested in his country, he fled to South Africa in 2021.
He was arrested in July 2025 after police received a tip-off from the US Embassy when he tried to apply for an American visa. He has been in custody for the last six months.
A Chinese delegation fetched him from the OR Tambo International Airport. The flight left Johannesburg at about 10am on Thursday.
“As South Africa, we are saying, you cannot come here to hide from crimes you have committed in other countries. We will find you.
"We will put resources together to make sure we root out all forms of crime in our country," said Mathe.