China Demands Most-Wanted Fugitive Sent Back
June 26, 2010, Saturday
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CHINA is still demanding the repatriation of Lai Changxing, the country's most wanted fugitive in Canada, the Foreign Ministry said.
Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the announcement last night in Ottawa after China and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding on crime-fighting cooperation between China's Public Security Ministry and Canadian police.
Ma said Lai should be repatriated according to the China-Canada Joint Statement. That statement, issued in December, vowed to deepen judicial cooperation between the two countries.
Lai is accused of masterminding the biggest-ever smuggling ring in China, involving US$6.8 billion in goods and $US3.8 billion in evaded taxes.
He has been hiding in Canada for more than a decade because Canadian law forbids extraditing criminals to countries where they will face the death penalty.
Lai was also allegedly responsible for the biggest corruption scandal in the 1990s. More than 700 government officials were involved in receiving sex and money from him. Fourteen were sentenced to death.
Lai's ex-wife and one of his sons returned to China earlier this year. Lai has told a Canadian newspaper that he is considering giving up his legal fight to stay in Canada.
(Shanghai Daily)
Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the announcement last night in Ottawa after China and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding on crime-fighting cooperation between China's Public Security Ministry and Canadian police.
Ma said Lai should be repatriated according to the China-Canada Joint Statement. That statement, issued in December, vowed to deepen judicial cooperation between the two countries.
Lai is accused of masterminding the biggest-ever smuggling ring in China, involving US$6.8 billion in goods and $US3.8 billion in evaded taxes.
He has been hiding in Canada for more than a decade because Canadian law forbids extraditing criminals to countries where they will face the death penalty.
Lai was also allegedly responsible for the biggest corruption scandal in the 1990s. More than 700 government officials were involved in receiving sex and money from him. Fourteen were sentenced to death.
Lai's ex-wife and one of his sons returned to China earlier this year. Lai has told a Canadian newspaper that he is considering giving up his legal fight to stay in Canada.
(Shanghai Daily)
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