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) A% N5 @3 ]% O0 LFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man# X& [. [% h9 |( N5 F! O+ j
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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1 @+ J7 o+ z; q$ l! [' J; cLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
5 d5 E9 X8 c+ l" V, X/ sJustice 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.) w; l- k) B7 u! x! y$ ^% Z
' ]9 V7 }+ ^2 |2 y' z6 @$ XHis 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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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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2 D2 y v# j8 f7 U+ O, {6 F8 eChinese 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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8 ~7 _6 d; h! O& h" u5 ROne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 1 ^+ j# V; B1 \- D
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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. : A+ q! W: _. O
7 U3 a% E7 Q4 F0 L. i0 JFourteen 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.4 c }( P: y- a" U4 ]2 Z6 N. w# o
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