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$ _. @. S8 S1 |7 w# _Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man9 y7 D6 b( x# p, m0 A; ]
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT & w0 i& I1 o$ H* l% [1 H) p4 r
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.1 D( p+ ^) W# [2 n1 ]- ?; Z
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3 f0 A" |: q" ?# J q! BLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ; o) S; L+ N$ n0 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.
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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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.: a2 P5 N, _+ W; Q0 t
! q9 Q) \2 N: [+ X; FHe 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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* u2 R! |5 {3 t# wChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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Fourteen people have already been sentenced to death in the smuggling scandal and Lai is convinced he will be killed in prison if Canada deports him.3 p$ I6 _3 o# T) N: Y
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