(COLOMBO) – The Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday deported a Chinese national against whom a ‘Blue Notice’ has been issued by Interpol for large-scale financial fraud in his country, police said on Friday.
Sleuths from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) escorted the suspect to the departure lounge at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake, they said.
The 28-year-old Chinese national is reportedly a wanted person in China for allegedly committing large-scale financial fraud.
He had arrived at the BIA in Katunayake from Maldives on September 3 and was arrested by the Immigration Department officials and handed over to CID officers at the airport.
Following further investigation by the CID he was deported back to the Maldives on board an Emirates flight, on Thursday night.
It was only the other day that the local police sought assistance from China to investigate large scale online and other frauds where a large number of Chinese nationals are allegedly involved.
The Sri Lankan police are having an uphill task since most of the fraudulent correspondence between the suspects and their respective handlers overseas are written in Mandarin.
