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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man' @ i4 B; \1 N- a$ f4 L
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT R7 G; N3 b9 b& y h7 T I
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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' h5 Q. F. w* T* m4 Z+ n% F! @Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 6 n' C$ w# l7 [: j
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.( h1 ? L; N' R4 S1 Z
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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5 Q0 }2 C2 @$ D2 KLai, 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. 9 N# t- [2 Z. z' M& F; |
8 C# k! s* a& `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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8 b4 D* h3 d4 P! YOne 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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9 \& }! e; a7 v8 MCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ( m. |% e1 ?- R2 }
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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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