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" f: {1 j4 C5 X HFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man0 r! {- L- `3 U+ Z" X1 C* a
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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. N9 s8 Q8 w7 w" {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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' K5 A8 v" A M( lLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ( G) \. [% J; k/ c3 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 |; n( U0 q" X. H5 |' 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.7 m7 u7 g8 O5 D
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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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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. 1 g: Z W( P& k
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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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) u) X. {2 {9 l5 ~+ vCanada 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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% {3 W1 h* Q A. T8 p" @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.+ T/ z/ k; X: x l- r* o* H! X8 y `
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