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Talks this week between Chinese domestic security leaders
Meng Jianzhu and Guo Shengkun, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland
Security Jeh Johnson also touched on counter-terrorism,
intellectual property rights, maritime law enforcement and
cybersecurity issues, Xinhua said.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security could not be
immediately reached for comment. In an earlier statement on its
website, the department said Johnson met with counterparts to
discuss a variety of homeland security-related issues.
Guo said the two sides should seek cooperation in
law-enforcement, Xinhua said, and that both sides agreed they
would not provide refuge to fugitives.
Chinese public security authorities said the United States
supported Chinese programs dubbed "Sky Net" and "Operation Fox
Hunt," which are meant to coordinate a campaign to track down
suspected corrupt officials who have fled overseas and to
recover their assets.
The Chinese government has given the United States a priority
list of Chinese officials suspected of corruption and who are
believed to have fled there, state media has reported.
Chinese officials have said more than 150 "economic fugitives"
including corrupt government officials are in the United States.
China's anti-corruption watchdog said last month that more than
500 suspects were repatriated to China last year, along with
more than 3 billion yuan ($484.32 million).
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he aims to track down
corrupt officials across sectors in a far-reaching campaign
against graft.
(Reporting By Megha Rajagopalan. Editing by Jane Merriman)
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