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( Y7 v0 n- n. u% y2 J( r$ p" i% Z) `Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
2 G: Q4 B0 t" P- fLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 4 s) U* u I4 n) x7 W( _2 S
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ! I6 z5 w! l% F b$ k# M) Z4 |; T+ e
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.9 J2 o+ h! l, Q) f! w9 K9 H% b
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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.0 K: j0 r4 M. Y- U2 u" q- {& g
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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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9 d5 P2 G( Y) r6 a# K' ?. DChinese 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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3 f% j3 A0 I: `; zOne 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. X/ T' G: X9 K- [8 l% Z; u7 V% U
& v v) M; n1 P7 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.
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