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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man! |6 f0 H5 v) U' O, g9 ]
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 2 ]! p0 F" @$ b/ Z5 u5 M
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% l& A% a+ U4 |5 x8 j# g& SA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.7 P9 g' E$ ?5 M( g1 T" X4 V. p
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9 q: n# G! H7 X" t7 H& H( [3 RLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ! q6 r4 c2 v7 d+ ~+ K F$ ?
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.4 j& Q. j B* M1 K6 W8 J) p2 S* K
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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) \: V. |# I4 s8 H+ W; p i9 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.5 |+ }! g# b6 k& ] U O
5 h% G- e5 s+ g+ @7 PHe 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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( S2 ^, S. {# V9 e4 U7 N) \" fChinese 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. 6 m0 ?) G* _) q! R7 z
# \, ?0 n# [5 Q, a9 aFourteen 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.' f W) m7 I' k& ?' D/ Q
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