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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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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)
k1 i8 Q6 W2 SJustice 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.+ f' K& ^- y+ n+ k) {0 C
2 n5 Q9 q* h. d% _His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.* n6 H: `* t1 f! a3 D
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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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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+ p! l2 l% J; T- O, ]One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. ! @- \+ r9 t$ W( D3 {( _
4 c. K; Y, J/ B5 B; T6 A4 V) \Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 0 W1 V+ B' W! N9 Z
: b6 J7 K0 i% }& P$ a' H- yFourteen 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.3 W1 z+ i$ [9 K
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