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' u7 e$ B4 L3 z1 cFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man4 W! Q$ n* @4 u" d/ n4 o; u
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 4 \, t# h/ M/ T( J* U ^( y
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.) j5 {0 ]; L5 R) M
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$ h' I: o1 v6 q4 h* {6 cLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
( R; L; N+ L. G% 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.
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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. @7 Z# K" O( G8 L; ?+ S' |# K q) N( t- OLai, 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.4 F$ y( g/ q$ f
0 C" G' f+ ?1 Q" r( s% N& Q4 @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. * H8 Q5 k# {% C- U& l+ s$ a+ f8 n7 u
) P& L+ P( S( m0 O& R- fChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. " g' j2 @* B: I! v& B
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. ( E( d" Y. P8 ^
6 }& C0 c3 c$ }0 D' 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.
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