Ex-fugitive Lai heads to life term
By Li Qian |
May 30, 2012, Wednesday
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LAI Changxing, a notorious smuggling ring kingpin, is to begin a life sentence for smuggling and bribery after he failed to appeal the court ruling, the Intermediate People's Court of Xiamen in Fujian Province said yesterday.
Lai didn't appeal within 10 days after the verdict was announced on May 18, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Lai formed a smuggling ring with bases in Hong Kong and Xiamen since 1991, importing cigarettes, cars and other commodities worth 27.395 billion yuan (US$3.69 billion) and evaded duties of nearly 14 billion yuan from December 1995 to May 1999, prosecutors told the court at his trial.
Once China's No. 1 fugitive, Lai fled to Canada in mid-1999 and for 12 years fought deportation to China by arguing he could face the death penalty or be tortured and would not get a fair trial in his home country. He was repatriated to China on July 23, 2011.
Lai didn't appeal within 10 days after the verdict was announced on May 18, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Lai formed a smuggling ring with bases in Hong Kong and Xiamen since 1991, importing cigarettes, cars and other commodities worth 27.395 billion yuan (US$3.69 billion) and evaded duties of nearly 14 billion yuan from December 1995 to May 1999, prosecutors told the court at his trial.
Once China's No. 1 fugitive, Lai fled to Canada in mid-1999 and for 12 years fought deportation to China by arguing he could face the death penalty or be tortured and would not get a fair trial in his home country. He was repatriated to China on July 23, 2011.
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