赖昌星（资料图）
加拿大当地时间7月20日下午，赖昌星身穿囚服、戴着手铐。
逃亡加拿大12年之久的赖昌星于温哥华时间22日下午（编辑注：北京时间和温哥华时间时差为+16小时）在加拿大警察的押送下搭乘飞往中国的民航班机离开温哥华国际机场。
加拿大联邦法庭是在温哥华当地时间21日晚6点宣布否决赖昌星暂缓执行遣返令的申请，此后不到24小时，赖昌星便已踏上了遣返中国之途，动作之神速令人咋舌。
中国曾承诺不判赖昌星死刑
不会判死刑和受虐待，但难逃法律惩罚
2007年2月13日，中央纪委副书记干以胜说，“赖昌星回国会受虐待”毫无根据，我国已承诺不判赖昌星死刑。
干以胜指出：“我国刑法有明确规定，死刑有两种情况，一种是立即执行，一种是缓期执行。我国已承诺不判处赖昌星死刑，就包括不判处他立即执行和缓期执行，这个法律规定是非常明确的。”“中国是一个负责任、讲信誉的大国，说话从来是算数的。查处赖昌星走私集团案件当中的事例即可证明。”他说。
关于赖昌星回来以后是不是会受到虐待的问题，干以胜解释，中国于1988年批准通过了禁止酷刑国际公约，郑重承诺禁止一切形式的酷刑。中国在2004年的宪法修正案中，将“国家尊重和保障人权”正式写入宪法，这当然包括对犯罪嫌疑人的合法权益的保护。干以胜强调，说赖昌星回国以后会被判处死刑和受到虐待，是没有任何根据的。
2006年5月23日，公安部新闻发言人武和平表示，赖昌星将难逃法律制裁，这“只是一个早晚的问题”。
2007年3月13日，最高人民法院新闻发言人倪寿明表示，承诺不判处赖昌星死刑，是国际合作途径缉捕赖昌星的必要条件，这种做法与司法是否公平没有任何关系。
赖昌星已在加警押送下飞往中国
据新华网快讯：逃亡加拿大12年之久的赖昌星于温哥华时间7月22日下午在加拿大警察的押送下搭乘飞往中国的民航班机离开温哥华国际机场。
早前，加拿大联邦法院21日在对赖昌星遣返案进行了3个多小时的聆讯后，于温哥华时间下午6时作出判决，驳回赖昌星暂缓执行遣返令的申请，决定执行赖昌星的遣返令。
据新华网报道，受到中国司法部门指控和通缉的“远华”走私案重要嫌犯赖昌星于1999年以旅游身份举家逃往加拿大。2000年11月，加拿大政府将赖昌星软禁在温哥华郊区一住宅中。
赖昌星一直想尽办法试图赖在加拿大，其最重要的手段就是提出难民申请。
新华社曾经报道关于赖昌星初到加拿大的生活，当时判断是，赖昌星刚到加拿大时可能误判了形势，以为可以太平无事，依旧过起了当年“红楼”里的生活。据称，赖昌星在温哥华西57街斥资130多万加元购入一幢连花园面积达上千平方米的豪宅。有熟悉情况者接受国内采访时称，赖昌星多次出入温哥华唐人街和西区百老汇街的赌场豪赌，每次赢钱，必定奖赏全场员工，尽显豪客本色。
这样的生活一直持续到2001年11月，加拿大移民局以非法移民罪将赖昌星夫妇拘捕，直到2002年6月才获准有条件释放。加拿大移民局就会否继续关押赖昌星夫妇作出的规定比较严苛：两人必须缴纳8万加元保释金；禁止去赌场或与黑帮成员发生联系；必须呆在公寓中，每天可外出三小时；另外，要定期向当局报到。
虽然他刚到加拿大时挥金如土，赖昌星对于他的财产数额讳莫如深。在回答一位记者的提问时，赖昌星说自己吃得简单，每月一家开支2000至3000加元。
但是，媒体却揭发他到赌场豪赌，赌注高达数万加元。此事还引起加拿大执法机构注意，怀疑他与黑社会有染，禁止他踏足赌场。负责监视赖昌星是否违反羁留条件的加拿大边境服务局发现，2005年赖昌星曾违反禁令，再次踏足赌场，并被安全人员拍下了录像。
还有媒体透露，赖曾在不同场合称自己的财政状况不太好，钱财正在耗尽。但也有消息说香港有一家公司曾为赖提供过资助，美国和其他地方也曾经有人汇款给他。
2005年6月，赖昌星妻子曾明娜的离婚申请获批准，她获得目前居住公寓房的产权，现估价约49万加元。曾明娜遣返一案将另行处理。
2005年8月一个周末，赖昌星在一家饭店参加聚会并超过其3小时的外出时间而被逮捕，加拿大难民法庭法官正式下令将其关押起来。法官指出，赖昌星不但违反禁令，还与当地黑帮有联系。 据加拿大移民暨难民局官员泰斯勒宣称，赖昌星因担心会被遣返中国，故潜逃的可能性极大，因此法官才下令将其关押起来。
2006年6月1日，加拿大联邦法庭宣布对赖昌星遣返案的判决结果，裁定暂缓执行遣返令，以审议决定是否接受他提出的对其遣返前风险评估报告进行司法复议的请求。
2007年4月，移民及难民部取消赖昌星所有的宵禁限制，同年7月，赖昌星考获驾驶执照。
2009年2月4日，赖昌星获得在加拿大工作的许可。
2011年7月21日加拿大联邦法院当决定驳回赖昌星关于暂缓执行遣返令的申请，并下令立即执行赖昌星的遣返令。
众多中国记者高喊“赖哥“ 赖昌星回头惊鸿一瞥 是为其加拿大12年的的最后背影
7月11日，边境服务局发言人曾表示，最早7月25日即可遣返。聆讯结束后，赖昌星确认将被遣返后，加拿大边境服务局和移民部均称，最早23日即可; 而联邦法官肖尔甚至认为，如果一切就绪，最快在当地时间22日就可以实施遣返。
很显然，加拿大方面也担心“夜长梦多”:2006年的遣返，赖昌星曾以头撞墙，避过最危险的一次遣返尝试，为后来的翻盘赢得喘息之机， 遣返日期越早，赖昌星及其律师就越难想出“妙计”，其翻盘的概率也就越小。
果不其然，据英文媒体省报（TheProvince）报道，移民部已经在温哥华当地时间今天（7月22日）下午2：30（东部时间5：30）将赖昌星送上从温哥华直飞北京的飞机。 省报称其消息来源于警方人士，但移民局官员基于安全的原因拒绝确认这项消息。
赖昌星是在一名人员的押解下在温哥华国际机场登上前往中国的航班的，目前正在返回途中。到此赖昌星在加拿大的逃亡生涯划上了句号。
英文报道：
After over a decade of trying to stay in Canada, China's most wanted man was reportedly put on plane bound for Beijing Friday afternoon.
Police sources confirmed that Lai Changxing, along with an escort, was flying out of Vancouver International Airport around 2.30 pm direct to Beijing.
His reported removal from Canada comes after a last-ditch bid to stay in Canada failed Thursday night.
A federal judge issued a decision late Thursday denying the Chinese fugitive's request to stay a deportation order against him.
CBSA officials would not confirm his removal.
"Mr. Lai is a common criminal fugitive from the Chinese justice system who has had full access to Canada's immigration processes over the last eleven years and has been found not to be at risk if removed to China," Judge Michel Shore wrote.
Bernee Bolton, a spokeswoman for the Canada Border Services Agency, said in an email Thursday that she could not say when Lai would be deported for security reasons. But the law requires that "removal orders must be enforced as soon as possible."
Earlier Thursday, Lai's lawyer had argued that if Lai was sent back to China, he faced a possibility of being tortured ― or worse ― and may not get a fair trial despite assurances from the Chinese government.
But federal lawyers said those concerns were speculative and that the Canadian government had "carefully and thoroughly" reviewed the evidence and found that he did not face such risks.
Lai, who has been described as one of China's most-wanted fugitives, is accused of running a $10-billion smuggling operation in China. He has been fighting deportation from Canada for more than a decade.
David Matas, one of Lai's lawyers, told the court that the Chinese government is going after Lai as part of a political campaign to fend off allegations of corruption within the government. "He's become the poster boy for the fight against corruption," Matas said.
Matas said assurances that Canadian officials would be able to visit Lai in detention would not mitigate against possible abuse, noting that Lai's brother and accountant had died in prison.
The same thing "could easily happen to Mr. Lai," he said.
In a statement Friday, the Chinese government said it welcomed the ruling so that Lai can "be tried according to the law."
"Lai Changxing is the primary criminal suspect wanted by China's judicial authorities in the huge Xiamen smuggling case and he has been a fugitive in Canada for many years since the case emerged," a statement issued by the Chinese foreign ministry said.
Matas suggested the Chinese government does not distinguish between "common criminals" and ideological or political prisoners. They are all considered "hostile to socialism" and subject to mistreatment, he said.
He also raised concerns about whether Lai would receive a fair trial, including having access to counsel. Hearings, particularly "politically sensitive" ones, are often closed and there were no assurances that Canadian officials would be able to attend such hearings, he said.
Federal lawyer Jan Brongers said the government's review of the evidence found that those who have been tortured in the past were those who belonged to "vulnerable groups," such as Falun Gong practitioners, political dissidents and Tibetans. Lai does not belong to any of these groups, Brongers said.
Helen Park, another federal lawyer, added that while there is evidence that torture is used during investigations as a way to coerce confessions from people, a review of the Lai case found that the evidence is so strong that coercion is not necessary.
The federal lawyers also said that China's assurance that it would not pursue the death penalty in this case was reliable because to do otherwise would impact China's international reputation and make it difficult for China to persuade other countries to repatriate fugitives back to that country.
The evidence shows that criminal procedures in China, in general, are "not fundamentally unjust" and that proceedings are accessible, Brongers said.
A pre-removal risk assessment completed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada earlier this month concluded that Lai does not face the risk of torture.
That prompted Lai's re-arrest and set into motion plans to have him deported. But Lai won a temporary stay of deportation, paving the way for Thursday's court hearing.
Lai has been fighting deportation since his initial arrest in Niagara Falls in 2000. He is accused of failing to pay duties on his real estate, cigarettes and cooking oil empire and bribing senior officials.
He remains in detention pending the court's decision.
The Immigration and Refugee Board had ordered Lai's release from custody. But the Canada Border Services Agency, believing that he was a flight risk, went to court and won a stay of his release.
― With files from Andy Ivens and Agence France-Presse逃亡加拿大长达12年之久的中国远华集团特大走私案涉嫌主犯赖昌星，已经于温哥华时间2011年7月22日中午时分，被押上停靠在温哥华国际机场的东航班机，并飞离加拿大，前往中国。至此，赖昌星在加拿大的逃亡生涯划上句号。逃亡加拿大１２年之久的赖昌星已于温哥华时间２２日下午在加拿大警察的押送下搭乘民航班机离开温哥华国际机场飞往中国。
加拿大联邦法院２１日在对赖昌星遣返案进行了３个多小时的聆讯后，于温哥华时间下午６时作出判决，驳回赖昌星暂缓遣返的申请，决定执行赖昌星的遣返令。
根据法律规定，遣返将在聆讯结果出来之后尽快执行。
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