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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man8 d5 A$ A2 E4 U) I \6 G
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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) s" T0 U+ G8 v% pA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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* D( q; m, C! V- J/ z: zLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
3 y5 M( e) k7 C" |9 o; a+ ~Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.; e7 w) j* }0 G6 y; F$ j' z% E
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.# \1 L) U4 D& I
v( i% C- A: A3 h3 J" C: TLai, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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. 7 z' o9 O6 I0 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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