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* b. j) p; {% y& c) jFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man/ q9 Z8 F) w% k0 p+ _) W$ s
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 8 N1 @. O6 M3 r3 I1 s2 t
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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k* r5 f$ p7 O+ X* \/ Z% FLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
1 R0 T7 `2 G2 P& H" kJustice 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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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.1 g6 P. n6 D3 |3 t7 f5 U# x8 M& u
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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. . M% p7 H: i7 y" M; n" N/ P
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 1 X2 t) m+ c, I- I" Y
B& i2 D( m! l+ h0 G# F( SCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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Fourteen people have already been sentenced to death in the smuggling scandal and Lai is convinced he will be killed in prison if Canada deports him.0 v" \" R5 ]$ E2 S! j a
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