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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man7 O! }1 B9 ]9 M( Q/ y
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT * O, \) { m t2 d$ `1 e
CBC News
" H, ~# `3 a+ h, g2 h$ w/ c+ [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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
. w/ P- o* S4 b$ L& Z) @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.; }( L5 n- ^' @' `. t* {
% t* X9 t. L- t5 YHis 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.
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" X. A x* m3 G. z& i3 O) eHe 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. 0 e$ m( {! I% `. {" X( D" r
' u( O8 ~) v: d# tChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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4 e: t L- ]) f' P, POne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 1 d$ Q* b: m2 \! h
' d6 S2 |, f6 k3 Z# T' K- G* s( @Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ; G' Q# o# k( j. `# a3 W
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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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