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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man3 l E6 d8 K. X
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 8 _( I1 z: ~$ A4 G- h4 C6 k9 @
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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.+ @4 }3 v, F* G8 M6 j" _) p! f
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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)
' N" v5 I4 s2 k- }" w% iJustice 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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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.. p- D# @; }& j8 I7 K% r# C
9 x4 {: j7 J% {5 G0 q# o. YLai, 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. 4 `4 h* y" E0 V* M3 t
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. & i) z3 Q/ w1 b; C) z0 M
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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. h( f% [3 u8 P1 f" [* {+ G {Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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+ |" t: U, ?$ ^- M/ l' p0 XFourteen 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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