Let’s not conflate fleeing an oppressive regime with actual crimes.
The assumption I make when reading these stories mirrors what I think when I hear the phrase "Russian oligarch" - I'm envisioning connected and well-to-do Chinese who've profited off the authoritarian system they have. I may be wrong in that assumption. But you are assuming that they are victims, rather than co-conspirators in that regime.
Otto von Bismarck: "it is better that ten innocent men suffer than one guilty man escape."
I guess I know with who your views on justice align.
You follow the laws of the country you are in regardless of circumstances in your past, coming from oppressive regime isn't a free ticket.
“(a) the commission in Canada of a designated offence; or
(b) an act or omission anywhere that, if it had occurred in Canada, would have constituted a designated offence.”
I wasn’t aware Canada had a $50,000 limit on moving funds from China.