Luo Sang

Luo Sang (alias Charlie Peng, real Chinese name 彭子德) is a Chinese national who was arrested by Indian authorities on charges of espionage, forgery and money laundering in 2018. After his arrest in 2018 the Indian courts let him go and expelled him from India. However he came back to India under a new identity, married a girl from Lunglei in Mizoram and continued money laundering in the Delhi. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), caught him in raids related to a hawala networkEfn|"a remittance system that exists outside the banking structure" He was also caught on charges of spying on the Dalai Lama and his close circle, hiring people to spy on pro-Tibetan Indians, and using the banned WeChat app to communicate.

Life According to Indian police records, Charlie Peng was born in Tibet in 1978. At the age of eight, a man, Li Peng, helped his mother and him shift to Nanjing in China. When Charlie Peng was 18, he traveled to Tibet to meet his biological father with whom he stayed with for a year. Here Peng worked as a seller of caterpillar fungus. His knowledge of Chinese helped him communicate with the Chinese and in turn helped him earn more money.

India Today reported that the Chinese government came out with a statement, "The Chinese government has always required overseas Chinese citizens to abide by local laws and regulations. At the same time, we also require foreign governments and relevant departments to enforce the law impartially to ensure the safety and legal rights of Chinese citizens."