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2 a9 A8 I1 R. |2 fFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man" {9 n0 b2 c" p8 D/ H
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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0 a9 f/ B$ ~; R* F: ]" FA 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." ]8 J3 Y/ U/ `4 x
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
: x! a/ X9 P+ \# y! K" _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.# k# M& F* e# F; A( d
- i( u; C& ~4 }& m+ UHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary. O \$ ?2 _2 K9 s
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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.
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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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+ e/ O! s4 C3 zChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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9 x$ g$ y# ^* O* IOne 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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8 X1 g+ v3 P2 A( D `2 iCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ( e' v8 e" E0 M. ^5 W1 E
) N$ g* Y+ r+ M; ]8 r2 X+ D7 R& 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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