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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man7 [8 F+ ~* M2 s% j
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 0 v( C. p) u2 L; h- i* {( ]
CBC News
J9 {/ A( h7 p; w! RA 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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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
; z* F1 i( ?, v0 D2 K4 F" zJustice 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.) q. f) I8 z2 \; G& f
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.. c5 d0 r% ]* R* A
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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.
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& k% {6 G/ D M2 f4 uHe 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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 8 w% w0 ^7 K" Y
, f$ r. z3 I4 _8 _% Y' @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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