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, N' ~4 R0 u! u, L$ LFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
# \6 h( U) ~2 W! C) u, h4 cLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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A 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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: \. |8 O& V5 M" X! [* f7 JLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ( y ^& O+ o% [ G- M. Q2 v
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.$ ^8 b' y- u6 h% G* |% q
+ _. }! ?% h/ u! q. @: H" C2 ^His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.$ e8 p/ p2 |6 V4 g& B
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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.# U: i6 P$ O0 [" {
/ J# @( v, [! y" ?, PHe 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. - M. t @$ A6 Z {& N( }. x' a+ j3 D
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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( x* k7 P ?( T$ OOne 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 ~* d! A8 z! O/ p9 L7 M8 b* W& \
# H0 Y4 v+ f' P" S- o" yCanada 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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