Trinh Xuan Thanh sits on a park bench in Berlin. Photo: DPACzech authorities have agreed to extradite to Germany a Vietnamese national wanted over the alleged kidnapping in Berlin last month of an oil tycoon who subsequently turned up in Vietnam, local media reported Wednesday. Trinh resurfaced in Vietnam on July 31st, where state-owned newspapers reported that he had turned himself in to authorities. According to German news agency DPA, he has been accused of having caused losses amounting to €125 million at PetroVietnam Construction (PVC), a subsidiary of the country's largest state-run oil conglomerate. The alleged kidnapping has caused a diplomatic rift between Germany and Vietnam, with Berlin summoning Vietnam's ambassador and expelling one of the southeast Asian nation's spies earlier this month.

Source: The Local August 24, 2017 07:18 UTC