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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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CBC News
( q- q; U# q6 j1 ]; I: `" CA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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) m' t4 i, j* M+ e9 oLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 2 G1 ^6 D8 A3 D" F% R$ y, l
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.5 ~+ L' g5 f# F% I
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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.
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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. ) M" F: c7 w" N( d& L( t8 C
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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$ o. _- y9 L# }6 D/ }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. " e/ n& b5 b& X6 y
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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. - q# D0 G$ r7 Z: b. k' v
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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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