Chinese Fugitive Arrested in Indonesia Over $18 Million Money Laundering Case

Yan Zhenxing, accused of laundering funds for a Chinese online gambling syndicate, was detained following an Interpol red notice.

Indonesian authorities arrested Yan Zhenxing, a Chinese national and Singapore permanent resident, at a ferry terminal on Batam island on Monday.
Yan is accused by Chinese authorities of laundering over 130 million yuan (approximately $18 million) for a criminal online gambling group in China’s Inner Mongolia region.
The arrest was made based on an Interpol red notice, which calls for the detention or arrest of suspects wanted by specific countries.
Indonesian officials have handed Yan over to the National Central Bureau Interpol in Jakarta, with decisions on his deportation or extradition to China still pending.
Indonesia has recently intensified efforts to combat transnational organized crime, with similar arrests of high-profile fugitives from China, the Philippines, and Thailand in recent months.