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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
1 k2 Z. B4 T4 Q3 b; w5 S" P2 QLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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- E) J; P2 _0 _0 O1 I' TA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.% R0 ]8 x2 f x6 }$ o
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$ p+ l* g* [/ q! `Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
5 H- a' l1 D- ?* U8 `( B; P6 BJustice 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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! z2 t9 s) Z9 Y1 s9 FHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary." `( S, S8 Y N8 [, m+ D
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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.4 j7 A) Q. Z; I. E+ I- }
8 z: G" I6 y$ {5 DHe 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. " o8 {0 x9 i Y( G( M% p
' m8 A+ }$ K6 n0 QChinese 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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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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2 B0 @0 }- V/ p, y" @9 wCanada 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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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.0 J2 h; e; d2 t5 J, W% |( o
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