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_5 {, V, k* R3 o! y! a+ [Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
7 I& Z$ ~# M) t1 X* t7 [" }+ q0 tLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
7 K0 ~2 w; l! ]) y' J; yCBC News' s( B4 X7 L8 Z0 n. t0 \
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.! s! f/ \) v9 _, R7 w
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0 }0 @, L3 u$ \! N2 YLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ' G8 L# ?# q ~0 u3 P
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.7 h+ l5 r; E7 q- M' o" J
; w) z% j5 @2 j. T' \7 a9 i. JLai, 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." P2 ] J6 u; _; c% }
; r7 ^& r* d2 F% T; b9 T" Q9 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. + S2 g6 P/ E R; B6 e; C0 V
/ f: C8 T2 o, m. uChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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9 I! e _$ h4 O2 X( fOne 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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& {- k) e* h4 b( h) E' DCanada 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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: I( K* W# r, m) y3 n K& Q* 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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