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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.9 ?- k; w }( y' | z
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" k9 @0 _; V* z) p+ z$ _Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) / }- P2 e# I9 t. v$ V, d/ ]
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.
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; I5 R. C. P( d% M1 N' n6 gHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.$ ?. g3 X+ ]' D3 q
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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.% b* v2 z5 ]: F% m" p* X2 X% T n3 ^
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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. ! z) K1 U5 p6 V3 f+ ^9 d7 i. {
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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. 7 ]0 Y- Y6 D, b) Z u5 ?6 W
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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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9 }( w# ^. _( A7 m* o4 T# M& f9 i- oCanada 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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. t! l. _) _) q: Z) `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.+ ^' ?. |6 K' T
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