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; ?3 ]+ {! ^4 G H! jFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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7 E( [3 `2 A& HA 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.& y& o! U* X4 @' ?+ P4 K0 X
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6 Z4 O' @2 Y5 H# I, y- r( bLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
' v- }1 B( A6 T C, yJustice 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.5 @) R S: m# s; b0 b
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.* w Y. g' F6 M& u) ^0 _
9 J- O" p: E# Y' CLai, 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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+ I2 U3 K) t a& I) h E9 x" oChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 7 ]3 x! u$ M4 M, [% v0 j
- [7 }% s, K2 a) S7 pFourteen 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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