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' C* J! v! e% g6 h% nFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
; R1 z/ i6 T; a/ YLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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7 G6 B% o* G* f. \3 Q( q, ^( nA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
, O6 }, e1 E1 H: @: y$ @) T- dJustice 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.; t* M2 d b' N9 I/ j8 \
, k5 B6 _4 ?5 r7 Q( v2 xHis 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.2 P6 Y* u( e2 W$ W
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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. - R; D5 \4 b' }; p9 J$ S3 Y
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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.
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: S4 D/ E6 t( [/ OOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 3 ?3 G% e# f; h6 ?7 P
+ R/ e# A+ \, KCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. . `7 ^% ?! ?0 `- g5 ^
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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." M, n1 C {8 z7 \; m' ^5 F
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