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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man4 K6 M" g( P' a; o+ t5 ^' d/ g
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 1 O! s9 p+ `4 K! h' Q7 ]
CBC News
+ f2 J' R5 C2 R" d- ZA Federal Court judge in Ottawa has stayed the deportation of Lai Changxing, China's most wanted man who is accused of bribing Chinese officials and smuggling $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
* x% u. m8 v9 \9 eJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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. @- T( [; _; r; jHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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5 a2 `/ g6 B+ j; D0 T V7 i0 [Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.- t& j5 ]" j: p
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He maintains he is just a fall guy in China's crackdown on corruption, but Canada's Immigration Department has ruled he is a fugitive and not a refugee. China said he is guilty of tax evasion and bribery.
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. # `+ `" ]3 _& M! ]+ k8 d$ ?$ V# z
4 P. i0 N3 q# r& rOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. ! H8 e/ u; v; r( T6 t- f( Q
. x" z& N' p# LCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 7 `- i N# F, H5 i8 F, Y4 E
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Fourteen people have already been sentenced to death in the smuggling scandal and Lai is convinced he will be killed in prison if Canada deports him.$ j; O2 v1 h9 T+ d! L8 n$ X
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