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9 a5 [: t) J: ]: F/ \) YFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man: j* r' a+ {4 g! B7 f& M8 h! N
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CBC News9 M( w7 f1 F9 N$ L0 G: ~# C+ H, P
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 $10 billion worth of goods.5 b! t/ T) A, L& \1 `7 @* b
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* C7 f$ i' ~- q8 ALai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
G7 {- d- d* W/ AJustice 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.
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( r5 _# @: ]: z" x4 x0 _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.# j |, [6 ]* O' D( P
# H: m3 R* N) M+ Y5 ~& `/ ZHe 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. 3 h% h8 a: ]# o" V6 m8 Z+ O
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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. $ T4 ~$ h/ F1 {& U7 S
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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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; K' t; j0 K5 W/ p4 @; f* o5 SCanada 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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" x! |/ u5 r2 d. SFourteen 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.9 ] o2 |4 @3 J" r# p
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