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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
) S1 k+ ^% ?7 F9 z% y9 PLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 3 N. {% s$ U2 n- R' Z! T- T2 n
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.# [6 k# ]6 W+ h6 j' {$ }
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; Q3 x$ r) F, x, G, P8 V$ Z3 g5 n: jLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
" N: W, D- P% A4 @8 N& H# @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.
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.* E6 z F4 L; F( P9 ?+ H7 v
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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.) I X" C4 w6 k7 c: R; o7 T
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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& B* d' z6 ^+ Z
4 t( o ^# p4 g! M- I/ b8 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. 3 ?2 w. o( @% D4 B8 g+ A6 u& I
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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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