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# x3 O8 p: b9 f5 L6 m0 YFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man6 W; j2 X5 v- d4 C& B2 c! l
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT C* y" C4 \; N" \+ T6 ]( b
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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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1 n# u6 }9 y, Q# z+ WLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) . A: v/ F8 N/ ~* f F) F5 ] Z
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 ~, X. ~ s2 e
" E! ]& `" C: SHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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8 w( B3 t% H/ E2 a5 d5 FLai, 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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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.
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4 N3 \( Z6 C7 e7 B6 D1 JCanada 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.) t' V; G0 W2 Q( c: U8 R8 k
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