CHINA / National
Smuggler suspect Lai to be returned
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2006-05-19 13:46
Lai Changxing, a fugitive whom Chinese authorities accuse of being a
criminal kingpin and now in Canada, may be deported to China next Friday,
officials said Thursday, according to China News Service.
China's most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing, pictured in 2001. [AFP]
Lai was arrested by Canadian Border Services Agency officers on Tuesday
after a final review concluded he would not be in danger if deported to
China to face charges that include smuggling and bribery.
But an Immigration and Refugee Board member has revoked the detention,
rejecting arguments by the agency that Lai has untapped financial
resources he will use to flee before being sent back to China next Friday.
Board member Leeann King says that during more than six years of legal
proceedings to stay in Canada, Lai has largely complied with restrictions
that have allowed him to remain free in Vancouver. His lawyers are also
headed back to Federal Court next week to challenge a pre-removal
assessment, which gauges the risks he might face after returned to China.
China accuses Lai of heading a syndicate based in the southeastern port
of Xiamen that smuggled as much as US$10 billion worth of goods ranging
from cigarettes to cooking oil under the protection of corrupt government
officials.
Lai, his wife Tsang Mingna and their three children arrived in Canada in
August 1999 after fleeing mainland via Hong Kong.
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