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To: TobagoJack who wrote (76693)	7/21/2011 4:33:15 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217868

Fugitive Changxing will not get a fair trial: lawyer Lai Changxing, right, is escorted by a security guard from an Immigration and Refugee Board detention hearing in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday July 11, 2011. Date: Thursday Jul. 21, 2011 1:32 PM ET VANCOUVER — The lawyer for Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing says his client has become the Communist Party's poster boy for corruption and would never get a fair trial in that country. David Matas is asking the Federal Court to stop Changxing's deportation, arguing that Communist officials are using his client to deflect allegations of corruption against themselves. Chinese officials have assured Canada that Lai won't be executed or tortured and will get a fair trial with access to a lawyer if he's returned to face charges. But Matas says China only provides a lawyer for a guilty plea, not to raise a defence, and he told the court Lai's brother and his accountant have both died mysteriously in prison. For 12 years Lai has been fighting his deportation to China, where he faces allegations he masterminded a massive smuggling operation that robbed the government of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes. Changxing remains behind bars, after an Immigration and Refugee Board decision Wednesday granting his freedom was stayed within hours by the Federal Court. ctv.ca