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* g, p5 u5 l- Q+ l/ \Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
( _) a! ^) v2 m8 h2 K5 bLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT . F: z% F q" Y1 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
* ]/ g5 b0 \' X! V4 k pJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.) l8 c6 v+ |7 G& ? Z
( T+ `& @0 b |6 @7 Z& M, y: ~His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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" E% O# M5 d$ ]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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, a! ]% ]8 z: x* HHe 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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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. v; F3 x) F. m1 O% I
, t8 r4 \! K2 K+ k8 O* bFourteen 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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