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- d9 D& X# x! y& H4 W( ZFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
0 Z9 U! a" e$ G* f t) DLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT / T" v6 E: v" w4 n k+ R
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.4 V: c8 T3 S9 [0 l& R
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1 L' ?+ V. k: c: R/ Y8 i$ MLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
6 b) a% t8 ^* P& cJustice 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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x! W6 Z9 f% F0 k- P! P: aHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.. b/ M- a# \7 e6 T
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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.1 U2 c) ^% w2 M( Q1 B
2 G+ E$ V# B# K8 P) {8 ^1 |; E; cHe 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. : g5 N6 I# U! D6 D8 |+ m
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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% k/ _5 y9 U9 x7 Z, vOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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% ?9 T# x" F* Z$ V% ? e, V) E3 cCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. " W: A3 r# j P1 t
( N- P7 T, B+ ^& fFourteen 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.; c; S9 J( h; A' h4 L: z" Z. w2 c0 a
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