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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
6 }0 S g6 X0 ^5 f& HLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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4 _6 g4 A3 K6 @1 |* DA 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) * q" O/ k& Z( G. c" j8 i
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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9 C* h) z; e/ G5 v1 S! JHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.4 Z6 V3 D( H3 L9 y3 p8 r4 g) T
- P O0 H5 q* O. U, r: E( O4 I1 N& RLai, 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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5 w; {# k/ r/ e) C% P8 k9 rHe 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. ( ~8 n4 U+ k9 U. R9 _
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. # B3 M. j+ @9 }" n! \+ t
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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: v7 _- O+ v4 i! d$ ?6 y9 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.
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