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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
% ]/ R7 E* w4 i. v5 nJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.8 x+ u4 c9 H, Z2 d8 W+ b6 }( Z* m
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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5 D U8 Z2 c0 M' E" QLai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.1 s; m7 m+ D9 b4 H
7 d! Z6 n2 f, E* SHe maintains he is just a fall guy in China's crackdown on corruption, but Canada's Immigration Department has ruled he is a fugitive and not a refugee. China said he is guilty of tax evasion and bribery. ! ?5 l( x7 d2 G$ k9 z
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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* i; L' W8 ] h. XOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 6 j/ i2 x/ R; H) H0 p2 S* F$ R; 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.
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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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