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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man8 N$ D- ?# z+ g/ ?# N( t6 p1 v
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 6 o, d3 |' `; _
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) - D7 W8 M% p) e6 P8 A5 ^# l7 V" q
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.$ D' c5 M, J0 e" N4 l) \% k
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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.: `, S4 ^4 `3 r- |3 v3 v2 E
3 G3 U- L1 H! X+ j* q$ nHe 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. - X+ s+ R, U( W$ ]2 Q9 [$ E5 A9 M
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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7 p2 J; u: E. q5 f1 E% t' |" tCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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Fourteen people have already been sentenced to death in the smuggling scandal and Lai is convinced he will be killed in prison if Canada deports him.$ T$ |! }+ M' B- D7 J
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