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' {$ D. Z# v! a9 \/ C9 M* z( U% X2 |Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man5 M8 F+ ^7 g1 W. ~- u* b% B' o+ P
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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8 C' x) ?6 i& U1 I- [; u u5 _5 DLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) * j* W; w: m/ G' g
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.5 w/ w+ J. j# k1 {4 b+ o4 I
! g. q( \3 N$ y4 \3 Q" LHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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1 r, h5 O, c+ r/ hLai, 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 i) V$ h0 C2 b) r! J
, ^$ z! ^ N! ^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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. " n0 U# B+ o7 [' N8 H* d
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. / o2 _8 s5 @7 n5 V
# z0 k: U8 P$ W3 \! dCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ' U1 B5 u) X1 Y1 a: H
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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.$ t4 M- g% a0 H7 s
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