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J6 u0 {# R! i, v; K: X+ o4 fFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man0 {& j0 k+ B _3 }: d1 D( X9 P4 A
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT h9 K5 u( |9 d
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.- N2 n9 Q# Y9 F/ ]. E* S; A) d
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$ i/ f. ~4 A* Z3 \Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) - q; |+ Y, ]) v( [1 w
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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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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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.
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" m! r9 ]# I: A1 g+ AHe 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. - K H7 p9 [. } X
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 4 i$ L$ Q1 v6 A9 M
) g T9 s4 u4 i% T. ]' RCanada 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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$ ~0 M' A! W) G6 wFourteen 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.( H7 }! w, I/ R( @
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