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$ N" {+ I( J. W3 R( Q1 TFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
, g2 } X3 H: o1 O. d( h* |& E+ K3 A( OLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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: {. X8 S4 Y7 u' j1 UA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.% N+ I+ f2 z2 a" W) m* ]* d9 c
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
8 e; n; y0 [$ z% C- X* yJustice 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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( O: r2 O4 y- x; CHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.! S2 b& }: d2 k q! @
. a& D8 ~& E2 \ v! ~! r- t: eLai, 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.) M& V: L" S, ~3 ?& |8 y4 n& x3 h
0 Y) U! @$ E( B. m$ y0 i% x, \7 H- vHe 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. ' Z1 J5 s, r/ J. A
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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! v/ ~! |# Y* p6 ]One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 5 E& Z$ s0 f( N5 f% I
2 U d. A W: R+ KCanada 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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: w( |4 Y# s" BFourteen 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.% p" T+ l# s- F9 K8 a3 D
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