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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
1 F7 K( h% h3 K6 yLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 5 z+ f$ [) F1 p6 K/ _: m6 n5 c9 q7 K
CBC News
% k) [4 w7 o2 e6 ]* P7 f4 k! N: c6 g: ~1 tA 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.2 l/ O" z0 @7 U: t
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1 W5 U; _, S) M: `/ l* CLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
]9 X5 n+ |+ k# g- L3 [! e7 c, {, {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.
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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.0 L" l/ c& E9 w `' d& k5 a
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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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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3 ?; \% A( O/ Z$ G 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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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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