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2 D7 L( g# v5 X; I* G1 E) D9 p @9 GFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man. v6 O4 u% p+ F1 J" E% s/ I2 g
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 3 E( y# V1 [# r( A; @
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, Y" C: N* ^3 B3 J6 z8 ]( k! eA 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 $10 billion worth of goods." e: X& d6 K/ L/ b7 J5 f Q' x" d
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' |/ ^( \! `0 s# _1 fLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
. n0 ]# W6 x3 q% V2 ~Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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* `: [/ U7 O4 O2 W& x9 u$ [His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.; s! U" [. z$ v* [# i' M4 i" {
' R- A) x/ j, b6 C5 X& A- ELai, 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.$ W! y3 w- Q+ F5 t7 B
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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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7 b( u% w0 }1 S" ~1 Q# B9 K/ z( `7 H3 ^) AChinese 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. ) G. P9 b! i- x q, K# g
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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. / V- Z4 B- S6 A
, J& u3 m' \% B+ {2 _Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. & h( |/ S L/ `2 n# l
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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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