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$ [' l4 [" Q" p b) QFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man9 ]4 I* L8 l W/ _0 N- m
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 8 h/ z; F' Z' B$ K. s, A7 V
CBC News6 N+ j d# z" J: |1 m* a0 q
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 $10 billion worth of goods.1 B8 D$ W/ b( Z8 R* m- y! o' @
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4 W# g) n' D [ n X5 ~Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) , D2 O Y1 H0 y0 A+ }4 Q" e" F
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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5 d! o5 y. M+ @His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary./ P+ R [- @/ b5 G& I: u! _
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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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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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; e& w/ R$ a! f2 v' GChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. % ~( r. ], K$ i. ^) x. {6 d& q
( D, G/ p1 T5 x1 B2 x0 X( {0 LOne 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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3 Z; `) g k+ f& _& y& bCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 0 A/ u9 Y: B4 s8 d+ b9 u8 s
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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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