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4 m6 O' n& [6 o+ A; `5 q, }- k" sFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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CBC News
7 b7 V& s( j& V T- y/ B3 YA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.! l+ ]" Y5 V' ~$ t! k, T7 M2 r# h
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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)
% X- Y0 [ i3 K5 y6 \, Z. e8 a: |. |( i5 S* hJustice 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.' g4 D: t8 I4 @
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.+ [' ~2 ]8 L7 X
5 F" W. r( `: x; VLai, 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.
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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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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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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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" c# {7 C; K& m! 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.
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