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+ {: Z W9 t3 a! P% \9 gFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
$ }' W5 L) A. V/ d, T) `2 DLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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* |& J4 D3 V% V1 gA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.; X- ~% P2 | B; e! t/ P g' u
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0 j( y2 O1 t ^7 u6 jLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 0 C9 _$ H/ ^5 k: k7 I# B, o% \
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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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.1 P+ v M* m' ]1 V) R8 w
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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.9 f% ^1 K* E9 A6 V3 z. B6 Y
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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. 8 j1 L2 C: C6 h2 Z# \
7 ]% L8 R1 {6 E1 ]0 y& OOne 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.
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. D# ]2 [; B; P4 }9 @/ \- fFourteen 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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