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\7 z! x0 U, ^! x% Z9 ^Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
$ z5 d+ _ e7 \8 Z* }( [9 QLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
; Z) Y) \( o8 i& S4 q. mCBC News/ ^! d U3 ?& R8 d( J( T) J1 K' y
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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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+ W4 T' {4 ]& z$ cLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) , L, e& Y6 ^! K4 h
Justice 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.7 o& l) C5 J5 s' A; J
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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.; F. Z! E7 y$ L1 [$ o: f
6 `4 t) L6 Q# r' n+ ]* |& MHe 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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3 ~8 R+ H& m) x. g& R XChinese 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. $ `& b, R3 M3 r. D! B7 T! h! d
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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. # C0 L! U" p* y3 @
0 U8 t/ W7 Y1 p: C+ }2 RCanada 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.
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