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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man+ V5 c+ t% v( Z1 J% i
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 9 H z- c/ {& o5 p$ p1 h$ p8 |- H
CBC News
, a- a8 Y2 L- i$ i+ QA 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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; z, T! G8 X) X! ?' `& z- ELai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ( L0 Z6 N* n( Z: p% S# v! x/ Y: 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. E! f" i/ O" P, k2 g' a n
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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. ~, Z; c0 A4 ]1 A/ S1 z
6 x: j: m. g' KHe 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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9 S# d. b7 [/ g. Z; LChinese 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. 9 z1 [0 c" m" n1 x) v) e; g- t
; l* P6 N0 Q0 H& Y2 ]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.
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' Z# \/ n( Z4 n/ g/ u3 M0 ICanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. , d2 U: `% C* o; {) j
9 Z% U1 S- }# X7 W2 OFourteen 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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