Ex-fugitive pleads guilty to graft

A suspect on China's list of the 100 most-wanted economic fugitives pleaded guilty in a Beijing court on Tuesday to embezzlement and corruption.

Sun Xin, 48, wearing a gray T-shirt and black pants, was taken to the First Courtroom of Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court at about 9:30 am. He appeared to have gained weight since being brought back to China last year.

Prosecutors accused Sun of transferring more than 22 million yuan ($3.3 million) of public money to his private accounts from July 2001 to January 2008, when he worked as a cashier for what was then the Beijing Bureau of Press and Publication.