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2 {. ], K4 a+ o. ~1 S' [$ N5 ^. yFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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9 i4 w# n, }5 z8 v6 R3 T4 ^# GA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.. N8 j1 { O# E1 f* O l
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
% R p0 b0 ~9 J, qJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.1 \! { M* ]0 Z
O; U- D' B: U; |! D1 @His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.' P# o- b$ p; m7 D9 u) ^) F
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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. ; B* r2 _9 _/ |
% ]' q! Q4 J4 `2 l# q0 n0 Q; gChinese 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. & N& o5 x6 F( q; G' Y
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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. : Z+ T1 K* v8 I* D; N. b
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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.
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Fourteen 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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