Federal Court stays deportation

[justcrowing]

This man knew what the laws of his country were when he engaged in criminal activities and now the poor baby wants his life spared ... send the sucker back - if you do the crime then do the time!! If this creep did not have the blood money to fight his deportation, he would have been gone a long time ago. Is it any wonder Canada is becoming a haven for criminals??? Sheesh!! wake up & we allow this creep to walk freely in Canada just because he is rich or what?? !!

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...eportation.html

Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man

Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT

CBC News

A Federal Court judge in Ottawa has stayed the deportation of Lai Changxing, China's most wanted man who is accused of bribing Chinese officials and smuggling $10 billion worth of goods.

Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.

His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.

Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.

He maintains he is just a fall guy in China's crackdown on corruption, but Canada's Immigration Department has ruled he is a fugitive and not a refugee. China said he is guilty of tax evasion and bribery.

Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.

One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.

Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.

Fourteen people have already been sentenced to death in the smuggling scandal and Lai is convinced he will be killed in prison if Canada deports him.

[Hicksey]

I need someone to explain to me where it is our place to interfere with laws being enforced in other countries.

If he's a criminal and a fugitive how was he allowed into the country in the first place? We would send a poor fugitive back, so why not a rich one?

I just can't believe we're wasting our time debating this. He should have been deported as soon as we became aware of this.

We may not use capital punishment here, but it is not our place to prevent other countries from doing so.

He committed the crime in China so he has to deal with the punishment China would enforce. Its called thinking before you act. Don't want to die? Then don't commit a crime for which the punishment is death.

Its not as hard to wake up every day and not commit a crime as a liberal would have us believe.

[justcrowing]

I need someone to explain to me where it is our place to interfere with laws being enforced in other countries.

If he's a criminal and a fugitive how was he allowed into the country in the first place? We would send a poor fugitive back, so why not a rich one?

I just can't believe we're wasting our time debating this. He should have been deported as soon as we became aware of this.

We may not use capital punishment here, but it is not our place to prevent other countries from doing so.

He committed the crime in China so he has to deal with the punishment China would enforce. Its called thinking before you act. Don't want to die? Then don't commit a crime for which the punishment is death.

Its not as hard to wake up every day and not commit a crime as a liberal would have us believe.

The Immigration officials did their jobs in ordering deportation as did others on the board, but the Federal Judge who is probably a bleeding heart Liberal is not doing his. Even the Liberal biased media seem to think this guy should stay in Canada. Poor baby!! He never spent one day in jail but only had house-arrest - big deal!! Tell that to all his victims on whose backs he became rich.

We once also protected a mass murderer from the States for crimes he was wanted for to stand trial in the U.S - what did Canada do - say no to an extradition. Eventually, several immigration officials quietly arranged for the Americans to pick this creep up as they handed him over at the border. They did this so families who have lost loved ones could have some closure. But hey, Canadians say, screw the victims and protect the criminal - ooops, my stomach is churning!!