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' X" f6 Q$ L4 x' h; h* NFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man+ n+ q! u. O" F9 B) K
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT . H8 ?- J& E. U" ]. F }
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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7 W# D3 ~/ R9 c& `& dLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
3 a& H2 |/ n: r" e" h7 AJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.- z+ S$ x( V. T4 g
. b8 m- P3 }) ^! b$ `. K* g; 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. * J8 {' s4 {# q" {0 L
; S; t4 t0 Y! l/ @. i& ?Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. - C" h* j1 ^5 n$ q9 i
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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. ) x6 h% F" H$ S' ?7 E( t' U
2 U- Q* @- O" kCanada 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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