Thread: Canada: Chinese Crime Figure Fights deportation

I know this story is a few weeks old.. Just to show the criminal immigration problem cuts across races and nations, as well.

Chinese fugitive allegedly involved with illegal gambling operation in Vancouver
AP, VANCOUVER
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/a ... 2003508708

One of China’s most-wanted fugitives has alleged connections to organized crime, loan sharking and illegal gambling in Canada, a Canadian intelligence officer said on Monday.

Vancouver detective James Fisher told Lai Changxing’s (賴昌星) detention hearing that a reliable source told him Lai was in charge of an illegal gaming operation out of a home in Richmond, British Columbia. His source also told him Lai was in partnership with loan shark Betty Yan (甄彤施), who was found murdered in April 2009. Yan had been found shot to death in a Richmond, British Columbia, industrial park.

The officer would not name his source.

Lai has been fighting deportation, arguing he could face torture or even death at the hands of the Chinese government.

Lai’s lawyer, Darryl Larson, was surprised to hear the allegations and asked to adjourn Monday’s hearing so he could talk to his client.

“I want to talk to Mr Lai about these allegations from an unnamed, long-term criminal, who apparently is a reliable testifier,â€

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