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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
5 S( E- H! {! b# OLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT : P: I4 x, K5 |0 \- j. `8 `0 B
CBC News
X u% b( F; \$ c( _7 sA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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" ^5 ?/ F# b" q! ~8 F! l% ^8 l5 ^Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
7 H/ ^) i+ z2 A6 ^1 ]- sJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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8 H' y: a6 S" m$ H: E1 E# y5 aHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.1 R% M. }, ~2 n7 E
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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.
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9 E) Y1 {7 m* E0 fChinese 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. 6 Q \/ d- y' y* x( P+ c) K a) [
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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. 5 C' a! s) ]9 D5 L1 z# P
3 J/ Y+ P' ^& ]; R* I6 O5 c! @+ eCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. . c T6 J+ S0 p* Y
9 @3 {5 v4 M0 G: J3 P) KFourteen 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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