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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
S5 z; p8 B* ?Last 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 $10 billion worth of goods.3 E$ {7 w2 [6 s
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+ o, U4 E- J( {' NLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
9 U: G7 Q) Z" g$ Y' qJustice 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.: }: v7 L! b7 K4 H
( H% X1 |* z- jHis 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.
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2 E* T& D6 ^( A- h `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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3 M ?4 p6 S- L" W5 lChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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1 _/ W3 s4 b9 E+ x% aFourteen people have already been sentenced to death in the smuggling scandal and Lai is convinced he will be killed in prison if Canada deports him.$ W8 w7 E% W! a+ g( X- _
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