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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man' |/ e9 p% S" z* S5 A0 Y3 p
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 9 _- I2 k. ?0 _9 |2 R+ `+ p z
CBC News
; p6 ~/ [3 i8 D) A9 X' p4 H a# jA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.0 T1 f% D: h. i) c; p3 R2 ?
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
, @: B& ~$ B' q% tJustice 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.6 C, J% K, p# j* F% s6 q
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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1 N( \- |7 b4 u- E$ u# A' fLai, 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.# h* c& s& a { J3 T
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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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& \0 Q n) c8 NChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 3 D* R* X, [) K: A/ d+ s
5 Q% u: @# }' O* z% h( y9 EOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 7 l! |# h# J% k+ s$ Y9 I
6 T8 e' e; y0 l+ @' ]Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 0 Z3 J- g$ P1 y) s- q
' i4 e$ O& n$ |4 N lFourteen 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.7 Y9 E7 q# `& z3 I2 X4 O$ f: I# F
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