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' e! n. Z0 n' D. f% E; R! U6 bFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
' @4 G& c, S) S0 `Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT / n2 y; j0 y$ P: q9 k- c# ^$ O
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5 b0 R) K1 J0 d. P! K) P/ CA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
' m8 p) j( c, M" C) fJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.# V- y% p* ]# S* @" b7 a! [
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.# h; n' L! j( h; K: H( D* N$ Z& t
( g) Z$ M6 ^: l5 TLai, 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.
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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.
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h0 k u# |# j+ D6 V+ A. [One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 3 f1 ~1 g8 s' G m
" y4 d' v' ~1 g+ ICanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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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.
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