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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man0 Z) `# s4 s% b9 [) O
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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* N& m% c- D" U3 R4 ]2 WA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.* b' @1 k' R% i& _8 t
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p4 I" k3 ?# w4 [- u( TLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ! ~4 y$ [3 K p0 e: S# D9 s
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.+ v9 T! J% \4 ]/ G3 N
+ J% O) q$ v4 L" Z7 CLai, 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.( d: |$ }$ A5 C, [0 i6 t
( t6 j6 |8 o0 G! O) g) wHe 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. . y5 u7 N& {* L5 _: }9 u, o7 O0 g
" r" y7 z8 @. t7 lChinese 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. 6 {* o3 \ R! V3 G A5 p) ^
, p) R' }. s0 N2 Y' q/ e; C9 hOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. * ~7 n' \2 z' `- B9 S7 @
+ u ?2 X4 R7 }5 N% I" ICanada 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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% |+ l( x* s8 ^/ OFourteen 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.. Z6 _ O7 ~. O6 f6 q4 d8 e
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