Lan Kwai Fong Hong Kong

A fugitive Taiwanese politician who fled to mainland China to escape a jail term has been returned to the island, television pictures showed. Pai Hung-sen, former council speaker of the central Changhua County, was handcuffed upon arrival at Taipei’s Sungshan airport. Mr Pai was sentenced to three years and ten months in jail by the High Court for embezzling government funds. He fled a hospital in December where he was being treated for heart disease. The report said he was arrested in Fujian province last week and sent back to Taiwan under an agreement signed between Taipei and Beijing.
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