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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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6 S$ y1 e3 q: Q/ tA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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$ T2 l. u# \: h% tLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ) V+ k1 d6 f3 x* x
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.# v2 n X7 b- v: \* Z7 l2 L
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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.% w. w1 B3 T6 a; z' P8 B4 T7 e
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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. " M# j* }8 R" X
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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. ( `' f: @5 |) `) ` C
8 ^0 i' t) C6 {: oOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. ( H, H4 d1 ]1 ^5 k0 }- F& u- ]
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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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! ]+ S1 B9 r1 L. _# BFourteen 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.8 A# }, i ?: I/ H
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