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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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$ i8 {2 w9 [9 D# qA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
- g) R* U3 o. z& j$ t* bJustice 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.- x6 `5 W, q" C+ t f
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.( }6 {3 u! }5 Z2 z0 ~: H
3 S9 N' ]: c* L. Q( F* E2 BLai, 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. 1 ]0 h& h8 [, @0 v8 h7 Q
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. , u9 `, u: b" t' p# I) T
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. - }! k+ ^4 }# F3 H' Z8 q9 V X
7 h# x/ O/ \5 U! @) }Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 1 I$ Q- j2 Q, G( C( N, T" [" @
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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.* D! u. g9 x4 x$ P
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