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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man" F! e; o6 O; |( y) Z
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 3 `, V; Q" G. z
CBC News
. T# g0 b9 r; e+ v& k$ mA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.2 l$ ?$ X/ @4 q& E1 Y
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1 O6 o! U' b0 BLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ) l$ r1 @ e; n- Q. u4 i9 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., B. j8 c6 ] Z2 f% Q6 X
; Y5 r0 C% ~8 |7 ZHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary./ E$ `9 n* E! b% {2 q* X3 t" p
H5 |; p9 z& Y1 ^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.6 R' F" c5 N& t+ p0 F) j
1 g$ F4 Q# z/ U9 c) BHe 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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X' W: `- o6 R1 d3 e2 i9 P) f+ KChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. # _9 L, P" n1 ]% H$ [
* w1 r0 ^1 g* c- [9 m4 j/ N$ UCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 5 w% w9 U ?- W% K% U4 T' T
. M1 x! D# n, ~! yFourteen 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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