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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man: S3 D$ v9 q: P! K3 R* }# D
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT ' _' @" [: X6 F; |/ v
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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 $10 billion worth of goods./ \8 ]2 n$ Z$ L, }( |
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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)
5 E" |) I; ]7 A! d+ j" t9 l+ MJustice 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.) [9 |" n. S# x! I! H. O3 C8 k9 d' b
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.7 L* u/ I4 N" R/ C0 q/ _: c
0 K% [: D1 a! l2 v' x" q& O g8 hLai, 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.. t3 M0 y: l) e7 g
; I! I- h. H7 g4 tHe 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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. / i! \# t( H" O/ F4 ]2 F
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 9 n$ L3 `1 k! D; n* Q; h" Y6 Q
! t& N& N5 m9 I! u! bCanada 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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