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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man+ j6 X3 ]' j6 X; T: s5 X
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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 9 Y( N+ Y% b4 K; T2 I6 _+ G
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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( u6 T5 ~! t( p/ M6 x0 k5 VHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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# J$ {! m$ p! c8 q) fLai, 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.5 I! w& O$ f- m7 d" R! F! O" W3 s
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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. 2 w" ^) w: a( w
% j0 E2 {$ [, YChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. " ^: H7 f+ E5 x$ \2 [2 c" H
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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. 5 ~0 W1 ]* U; {0 q# w' W+ ?/ w
4 z _; @/ K+ ? P: J) X6 n9 vFourteen 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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