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/ |5 [" U2 o6 t; o9 K5 U9 Q8 Y, aFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
7 k" b3 N5 h: }Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.* M6 N7 E' K* @, Y9 L
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, M* {" T8 t; k5 V% V& ZLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
+ ~. c$ f- ^+ Y' c2 aJustice 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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5 f( m3 t7 i/ U. ]4 I* NHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.; N' A/ g+ j- _, @: M) x$ M ^& H
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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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D7 r+ c: V: j! j6 g9 c9 a0 IHe 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. - I: Z, {9 I1 d
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 4 B7 x; Y8 ^) k% D
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. / l. _* h* y9 r
. Y: n5 m+ E# S+ c' p7 Q7 iCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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- g$ B* s/ v4 u1 v9 tFourteen 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.: D7 W. }/ |$ p" V) s3 c, y
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