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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
3 x$ |( }/ k9 C2 R5 F" TLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
$ _6 y0 b* ~0 ^: k# l) d- J; rCBC News5 {. }0 S2 R& }0 ^) [: c- k
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 $10 billion worth of goods., r, z8 k. z+ f' k7 w; \5 `
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$ }. B0 U; A) p$ \& D; nLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
1 D! O8 Y' o5 ]; \* p" ZJustice 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.! i# [% B9 S: x) b; R4 w9 T3 c
! L- ]' E+ o) t1 o. D! q# [, n# AHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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a1 B1 k7 j, @4 _, ^- ?" ?6 nLai, 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.. o- B: w0 U& t3 s/ j
8 k$ R+ v, W9 }- H7 Z+ o( k8 IHe 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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. " Z0 j* j; a, G6 M/ e3 `% n
* g M! ]8 h4 z' ?7 ?Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 0 u. r% h+ a4 R$ W1 ?
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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.% R. K& \# B: p# d2 F
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