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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man/ i2 @" i5 `3 j% W9 \3 t+ ^& G
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT q* [0 U: j: a5 L/ ]) a3 _
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.; W9 p1 U" a I7 q& l+ j
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ' M- p# @6 e. F" }
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.; [# X# d! |" I$ y$ ], ^( e
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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7 v, m6 t% h5 O7 l- W+ |2 xLai, 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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3 m) _( t2 m- ]- ?* }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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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. . m( D% Q6 }' e4 B2 c* M
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 7 @: Z* V! [5 h& Y/ l
- p/ c7 I4 A% J) P2 FCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 5 t9 b/ U5 V1 k9 f; ]/ ~
1 Y& `7 ]$ H$ { V5 L$ B) r# o/ bFourteen 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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