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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man2 R! d# w0 C3 y; `
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT $ a7 X# Z' }; G. j* Q" r0 ^8 U
CBC News
( N4 G! s4 x$ I8 k" x. H( k% T, T" SA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.5 h0 `0 T( ?% r1 {" @
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
) P. i( i, b: K# eJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer." X% F1 ~5 r. ?6 }( {3 t6 A+ Y6 U
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China." i8 l3 x; f8 E* n' t. v
# {$ v. f) V6 `6 v9 h6 ~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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6 c0 v$ O0 e4 w+ E5 G7 e( RChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. * N% _7 a. T$ g' u3 b
$ y: x. s# ]7 Y# NOne 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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9 y/ O. N& G3 m- ~1 XCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 1 R" m- j+ u& S( M
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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. K# n4 W4 U. i, j9 i2 `6 u) h
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