Canada’s Federal Court verdict on Thursday to deport China’s most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing has become the most-talked about topic on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like microblogging service, with some Chinese expressing light note of criticisms about it’s official corruption, an issue that has sparked rising discontent.
Chinese authorities have been waging for years in a high-profile diplomatic campaign seeking Lai’s return where he is being accused of masterminding a multibillion-dollar smuggling network in the southeastern city of Xiamen importing consumer goods in the 1990′s becoming one of China’s biggest political scandals in decades.
According to some reports, Chinese authorities have executed at least 17 people who were identified as being involved in Lai’s business empire, the Yuanhua Group including some government officials and a former vice minister of public security.
The capital punishment was used for a propaganda campaign against corruption.
More than 200 senior figures, including Jia’s wife, Lin Youfang were accused of bribing officials to allow a massive smuggling ring. Lai’s wife has denied any involvement
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