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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man& b+ g1 e' i$ L5 K [. Y& l
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.4 ]9 ]: |, V: l
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 4 b9 L. ?! ]2 Y: s( O" z+ r" d
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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/ j9 T( ], w+ x3 ]# w3 CHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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# l5 H4 e5 a4 X: m! M: @, jLai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.
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% K1 A8 m. l2 b% t1 t( z0 E! ZHe maintains he is just a fall guy in China's crackdown on corruption, but Canada's Immigration Department has ruled he is a fugitive and not a refugee. China said he is guilty of tax evasion and bribery. 0 d, v# `; L$ i, ]& t ~9 Q/ d5 c
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. : @$ C# N( m; I( u K/ r0 ]
/ ` m2 o% G1 p) c$ Z4 MOne 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 \' s8 T6 @5 S) t* a0 x1 {# O0 G4 B
& w, Q; q7 L" j% J, ~; W- fCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. : y9 Z/ C. M: P, v% U$ z, C8 y. Z
" G! y' ^( f0 b# O! ? Z0 YFourteen 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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