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- P4 P6 w5 H8 A3 H1 f" |Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
# L7 Z* M2 ? h. C# zLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 7 r' S6 o# r7 W
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.; s- ~( Q4 Z a8 ~! x
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
% T4 X8 ]2 }$ l4 M8 fJustice 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.% O8 J- x% L9 f$ h3 M, c( n8 n. H
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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. % u% d3 j& p8 R9 P! F
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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. , Q: j7 p2 w/ e2 K- v/ s" c# P
$ L' B! {; E3 I% T* @ ZCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. & E9 {/ j% U X. }! q" z
% o1 c0 l. v- _5 k1 b/ ?3 }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.
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