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+ y$ y7 h7 L3 _Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man' K) k+ w, ]% ?: O3 C0 \
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT ; g, X' e4 U8 I1 u1 Q8 u5 w0 h8 j6 |, ^
CBC News
' p7 y3 p- z+ _* G8 Y) q+ d: H4 hA 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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% J P* @6 z" N9 ~. ]Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
9 f2 u2 X F9 D q6 B8 q. PJustice 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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' [ R! j; P) D* m% y- zHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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/ ]& T) \1 s7 [7 R. V* i+ GLai, 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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9 _ S/ @. w0 Q3 @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. 3 @! o" A1 N1 D& h+ B
, ^6 i- W7 x q3 x1 Y/ cChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ' @+ s* G+ V/ R# l! U3 j
5 b& ?: O$ s1 R, z1 rFourteen 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.% g& \& C r, V! q& S
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