Extradition

The Gao Shan case, involving the stealing of RMB 942.6m from a Harbin branch of the Bank of China, may not be as well-known as the Lai Changxing case, but the legal difficulties in getting the fugitive suspects back to China from Canada (now emerging as Chinese corrupt officials' favourite safe haven) appear no less daunting. A Canadian court reversed a decision of the Canadian Government on pre-removal risk assessment for two of the principal suspects. Meanwhile, for some unknown reasons, one of the fugitives was audacious enough to return to China, only to be arrested upon arrival at the Beijing airport.