Hong Kong can take decision on Nirav Modi's arrest: China
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China today said that Hong Kong can accede to India's request to arrest fugitive Indian diamond merchant Nirav Modi based on local laws and mutual judicial assistance agreements.
India's Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh last week said that the ministry has sought Modi's provisional arrest by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the People's Republic of China.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry on India's request to arrest Nirav Modi
About India's request, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said, "According to the one country two systems and basic law of the HKSAR, under the assistance and authorization of the central government, the HKSAR can make proper arrangement on judicial mutual assistance with other countries."
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Nirav Modi is reportedly in Hong Kong
"If India makes a relevant request to the HKSAR, we believe the HKSAR will follow the basic law and relevant laws and under relevant judicial agreements with India with the relevant issue," the spokesperson said.
Modi, who is wanted in connection with the Rs. 12,700-crore scam at the Punjab National Bank, is reportedly in Hong Kong which is a specially administered region of China.