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- n0 [/ b3 O. F" X- IFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man+ f- B$ `. B, i/ N" z7 R* {+ i
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT . [2 Z6 Q2 T. ^+ C
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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1 Z, V7 c2 e1 E9 yLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 3 h" x$ y, W: ?4 A: a
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." V1 c# ]3 s |, _0 B3 N: i/ z2 `
1 h: E1 K# J; W* O7 `' O/ FHis 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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% T7 A/ \' x. n: ?" [1 Z, g$ G4 MHe 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. 0 |7 {9 Y; ^5 C3 G
2 f2 t+ c3 B6 H5 RChinese 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. / p& G' }+ `1 U2 ^8 m+ j5 b
( | A' Z% w8 b% S6 V D7 Z; DOne 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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! X9 Q7 I3 w" i3 Q0 ?( g* j4 lCanada 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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Fourteen 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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