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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man4 T' Q" b# F# O
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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) j, [" z1 i" ]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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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7 W* b4 w2 i ALai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
, ~. s5 O" Z: z5 R: d0 QJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.& a# r! r0 o2 m, B, Y2 O3 U/ i5 n- @* o
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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$ _3 q. Y$ H! ULai, 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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+ y/ O& f2 L6 Z) W2 I2 _7 u! r9 pChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 2 r$ I/ d* F8 y* j& C
3 ~3 h8 R3 l+ }2 N, zOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. & s3 s' [+ G; Y B6 I @0 l
) }7 @1 J- X2 u4 q3 r4 gCanada 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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