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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/n ... ai-deportation.html
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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man/ R! H8 o; Y! K: f
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT / c" Y @$ P. U! d% Y3 T( g
CBC News
9 L+ c8 h, a" a A, ~5 s+ Z+ ~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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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/ k+ o. X, C! r- e: QLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 9 u5 r7 u# D! L
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.1 Q9 ^: T$ I& j! n
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His 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.
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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. " S) Y3 o6 Q1 _( d B8 D8 j
& e, @) x; d- J$ w- }0 z8 \0 }+ u% V7 ZChinese 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. ) l O( o2 m4 ]. s# e, f
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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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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.
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