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( K; R% [; H. t: p2 \! L8 X# z; B% VFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
( U, u. J- V$ b5 T* r% K$ dLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT ( L1 f) x% P8 B" w
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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 $10 billion worth of goods., j& {4 Q6 I" r
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6 y1 ^1 Q, j; J& P2 c( FLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 7 A: J7 }6 Q8 e: a9 _
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.4 B: w. l7 I' c* z$ z! b. |2 ?7 j
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.3 T' Q' @! @. ?0 d
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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.
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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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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. i$ b3 y; O& B1 iOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 8 s# M6 E$ m) u- ?, `# m
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Canada 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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% \% o5 T4 l& C. j* ^4 H: J2 dFourteen 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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