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# B; r! e4 y5 b8 M% sFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man: G$ {9 [( t" ?9 P9 r
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT d6 s B( h* O9 @
CBC News
& t/ i4 H6 } a9 X2 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
- X! V1 Y. P% j) ^Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.( r0 k$ \. H# h* G. g* C
, i7 k, v+ ?# p w& A$ YHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.8 B! {' U) q2 e b( e, ?
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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.& F0 @+ W' _; m* e
5 _. f0 q! V. X' k& q: q) _$ Z( XHe 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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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. - @7 ]: l) O. `9 @9 E
4 l5 H6 L; J3 W$ P p( Z" \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.
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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.
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! r/ O" Y' H0 }% F" _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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