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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
! ~+ I, }& _$ c+ A4 gLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 9 }9 j! S& g0 @- C3 G( b# |
CBC News
' d# `7 X+ H7 ~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 $10 billion worth of goods.; _' }6 K- p. {
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) : L' V- r) Y3 U* A
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.4 y$ B( X7 {2 q `
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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- D; g( v3 Q( B yLai, 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. @5 `: w9 B# b4 I n8 F
5 f8 Z- l8 [, y, f7 W7 rHe 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. , i7 c& ^% h$ ?
. e4 v8 P4 P2 S0 P+ [2 sChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. & m# P: R- [ F9 C( ^$ `/ d- Z3 o
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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. ' b; N% _+ p) T# E3 z2 _
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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.
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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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