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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
5 Q. K% |: F+ X, P+ M( `Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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" z/ e8 f1 ^7 x3 @2 w0 Y* W6 U' jA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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2 |9 `4 j2 Y, D# ILai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
* T0 t# J9 h- W2 f+ SJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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5 K1 w0 z/ c2 C! HHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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% i; A" [; T, N6 v7 SLai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.2 N* P" N: {' c' G1 H2 G
2 i, j+ T$ O% i( @! A# `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. 6 p. i5 b* \5 R. T
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 1 d/ p1 I' |! o7 `5 W5 k& k' C, K' {
4 s4 c# L$ o+ ?0 ~$ C1 ~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. ! S. @/ R6 k6 `2 h
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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.$ o; E5 q1 ?% v" \3 ~) ]
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