<p>An Indian businessman was charged with drunken driving in the Chinese commodity hub of Yiwu after he hit a billboard and trees with his car.<br /><br />Abdul Ajees Mohamed Mustafa, 24, a businessman from India, was caught by the Yiwu police on November 8, state-run Global Times reported today.<br /><br />The people's procuratorate in Yiwu "delivered a lawsuit" to the local court charging Mustafa with dangerous driving, it said.<br /><br />He was sent to the hospital and tested positive for drunk driving, according to the report.</p>.<p>This is the first case involving foreign nationals to be handled by a local procuratorate as the local courts are now authorised to prosecute foreigners, it said.</p>.<p>Scores of Indian and foreign businessmen are based in Yiwu, regarded as the world's largest commodity market.<br /><br />India topped the list of countries procuring various commodities including construction material, decoration articles, furniture and various other consumer items worth about several billion dollars.<br /><br />Two Indian businessmen, Shyam Sunder Agrawal and Deepak Raheja were charged with failure to pay a huge amount of money to the local suppliers last year.<br /><br />They were first kidnapped by the local businessmen but were later released after Indian government intervention.<br /><br />The two say that they were the employees of a company run by a Yemanese national, who fled without paying the dues. They assert that they were being wrongly prosecuted.<br /><br />The two, who are barred to leave China, have now shifted to Guangzhou where they said they are doing odd jobs.<br /><br />Judgement is due from the local court in their case. <br /></p>
<p>An Indian businessman was charged with drunken driving in the Chinese commodity hub of Yiwu after he hit a billboard and trees with his car.<br /><br />Abdul Ajees Mohamed Mustafa, 24, a businessman from India, was caught by the Yiwu police on November 8, state-run Global Times reported today.<br /><br />The people's procuratorate in Yiwu "delivered a lawsuit" to the local court charging Mustafa with dangerous driving, it said.<br /><br />He was sent to the hospital and tested positive for drunk driving, according to the report.</p>.<p>This is the first case involving foreign nationals to be handled by a local procuratorate as the local courts are now authorised to prosecute foreigners, it said.</p>.<p>Scores of Indian and foreign businessmen are based in Yiwu, regarded as the world's largest commodity market.<br /><br />India topped the list of countries procuring various commodities including construction material, decoration articles, furniture and various other consumer items worth about several billion dollars.<br /><br />Two Indian businessmen, Shyam Sunder Agrawal and Deepak Raheja were charged with failure to pay a huge amount of money to the local suppliers last year.<br /><br />They were first kidnapped by the local businessmen but were later released after Indian government intervention.<br /><br />The two say that they were the employees of a company run by a Yemanese national, who fled without paying the dues. They assert that they were being wrongly prosecuted.<br /><br />The two, who are barred to leave China, have now shifted to Guangzhou where they said they are doing odd jobs.<br /><br />Judgement is due from the local court in their case. <br /></p>