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4 m' c9 b( t0 I k- iFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man3 K2 f& z) i! D9 I/ I
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT * Q, X" s4 k0 M. s9 y' _
CBC News
3 `4 u4 e0 e, S5 K! C5 X- \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." S# n; r( W) k1 V/ u
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: S% m+ O' Z1 c) G; q4 wLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 7 `* Q8 f3 H( e8 ?5 t; {' Y
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.6 ^, Z& `( R" |- K1 B
2 \4 E, h0 H, v3 p! \, XHis 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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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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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.
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( O7 ?: t7 o6 w- J( v! GCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 4 Q' _% V% I/ Z. O6 {* S
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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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