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4 c3 s8 H4 z. O% b" F" n6 H) B" K }& _Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
5 V, _6 y# y+ m% Z' ALast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT % H. n0 J0 }! T. S, r' v" ~
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.4 D; r# x5 i/ N0 V, K3 n1 x
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8 B( L7 ]6 d: u( dLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ) Z8 `2 o+ i0 e, h$ ~
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.
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2 Q: I7 n- E) j) Q) i3 O: FHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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8 e) ^+ G, K+ ?) R9 oLai, 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.0 i+ H, D5 q7 t/ D, w5 @
7 C b" a8 F/ n& X; w7 CHe 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. 7 L# e8 L8 _3 t# }& ]
+ F. N: O1 n, k/ oOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. , E- ^) S+ ?( m
3 K8 M0 w o a9 w6 f5 y5 ]Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. & C- W( N/ i" f/ Z, ^+ z
5 ~4 |2 Q0 ?# A. \5 X, h; n; XFourteen 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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