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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man6 X) w; s- Z# `7 T' m8 ]2 S m* A, A8 @
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CBC News
7 | G; P/ A7 B' m3 c, c8 UA 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.9 b5 _" k# U5 ]* H
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! a" w4 d2 {1 H2 p0 S3 w. I7 T" D( GLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
2 j @) n* j( } d8 B. w) G4 I" t7 {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., b8 K8 }) w ~7 D" ~5 l
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.4 u& H0 \! w7 M0 F. c
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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.1 k2 E( R! q# b8 W( l# |* \) Q
) G6 v: [8 G. O1 V3 `8 `7 HHe 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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# a) r! Z, ]4 `6 y+ r" i+ PChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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0 {) P; r. y1 I1 ZOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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4 E/ |, l& }$ { g7 n; u* vCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ^& O |) c, |2 }1 V q
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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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