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7 J! L; @& d, s0 ]6 uFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man x9 Q! q; g" g- r" `% y
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
# @- ?! ?- i ]6 k$ |! RJustice 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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. @" x7 X* d- q+ O% nHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.9 R, y! w5 k" W2 S1 p4 r
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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.# h$ h8 x3 @) Y0 g& Z) a3 R
$ y& g; u* W" O: {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. 8 c& \) [6 o4 n2 w# S' s
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 6 B4 w/ e O# K& X# ?
+ P, D3 l4 D. I ^8 x8 QOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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4 g2 f! J1 e: T2 mCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 9 c8 q% B0 K$ k' q; ^
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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.$ {- w X: h; u
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