For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C<br /><br />Once dubbed China's most wanted man, former fugitive Lai Changxing has been prosecuted for smuggling and bribery in China's southeastern city of Xiamen.<br /><br />The city court of Xiamen is hearing the case, and state media says he faces life imprisonment rather than the death penalty.<br /><br />Lai was deported from Canada back to China last year after an 11-year diplomatic struggle. He was immediately arrested and later pleaded guilty to extensive corruption charges.<br /><br />He was accused of running a multi-billion dollar smuggling operation in Xiamen in the 1990s, bribing officials and evading billions of dollars of government taxes.<br /><br />Lai fled to Canada in 1999 and sought asylum. Canada rejected his claim and deported him after assurances from Beijing he would not be tortured or given the death penalty.<br /><br />But the decision was controversial as Lai's accountant and brother both mysteriously died in a Chinese prison and the Canadian court was not given their autopsy reports.
