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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man- b4 z* w; x5 l6 n% c+ i7 Z
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT & X1 Z3 B& C* S) S& i) U I6 R
CBC News
/ s6 c; U4 Y t; H2 n) iA 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 $10 billion worth of goods. N% V- K: G5 |1 c* Y
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/ R# d4 m6 ~! e# y; J( jLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) : }: w3 [) m3 y% f# U$ o1 ~, J
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" U C' m' w! H1 i- ^
: X1 O4 w, D: ^( y) n5 I0 PHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.! w# D9 E/ f [) i {
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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.7 d! F( n1 u% R
4 `+ m) P7 R3 n6 P; nHe 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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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% v4 s* g/ R3 }8 n7 K- H- iOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 3 s4 t3 x+ U; |! ~/ |9 o) u
8 @: U( Q2 `$ |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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