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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man; x# I8 _2 u- ^# P+ B2 z" [) V
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 3 Q0 Q3 B( [) [/ @* q
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5 `5 J8 g: p& b6 d8 v7 P( WA 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) $ f9 n" d n2 N* j' F
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.; S; m- F" `% o& w, I' Z. Z& B) 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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' L7 a9 X1 p% e, \7 I" k0 d3 DHe 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. 7 x3 I1 F# T- h% l
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 3 s% l+ S# X9 G" Q$ O8 ^
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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.
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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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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.% {3 ? U; Q0 K
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