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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man+ g7 Y$ c$ d# u [
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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$ y: h2 p/ l& @* N+ b4 ~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 $10 billion worth of goods./ ^, G( T8 r R, ^
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+ K6 P: G4 j2 _$ s: e6 ^Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 5 f0 s# j" {/ `% [5 S
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.: `, t0 z& P+ B) D+ F% a: w O
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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( C' t Y% T K3 E! @! OLai, 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.6 S' [' I/ g0 T- ]8 H6 m
) I8 ], D7 G! T1 {: s7 I( OHe 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. 2 b: I# n* r1 l+ n
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. ; N+ f1 h+ k! m! w$ Y) d
! e5 W; J X/ pCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 9 H( V6 P) K1 A7 D) l
4 `$ ~# T5 Q) `2 i5 J2 AFourteen 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.- D+ A' S# s8 a+ j
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