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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
+ `. @1 T6 p- D% WLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 4 V3 @$ T& v: ?
CBC News
: l' h7 Q# z: ^- oA 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) / z4 P! r7 }4 N+ W( r/ M, e
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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/ l, N. J5 o; a! b- m: [* ZHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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' t" e- ]3 N; g* ULai, 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 E7 U6 g0 F2 F
# ]3 Q" W5 ~: S& B 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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6 r! }" H2 d! U! E# [- \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. / D/ U! c ` K) Z
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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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' S4 o% P/ l2 r2 K0 pCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ; W3 K- r" g) q& I
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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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