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& s7 Z9 `1 W# Z W% C& r* s* qFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man& L) n7 g# j" F4 `5 l% `/ v$ _
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 6 S" ]; i( N1 x" X ^7 G
CBC News
7 A$ i! U' e3 @6 t) [* [, }9 O* ~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 $10 billion worth of goods.+ K/ Z) G1 C& f8 G m* n
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 5 W! b% ]3 s- X
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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/ Z h1 o, k3 X. oHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary." N! G$ f% O& A6 J9 r* B
. c8 _2 n$ |2 w! a# _, l! XLai, 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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+ Y( j! N2 V1 @! q$ }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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9 u# _# |; _ pChinese 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. " M4 M7 k, n0 S4 D! n
. U" F/ ~' ?: ]9 I0 R* }# XOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. - B' S: t5 z3 F) U
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Canada 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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