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Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT . q7 v2 N, Q' U! t" K1 C0 m7 ?
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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.
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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)
" B7 L% _5 A( v" v+ s7 aJustice 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., h1 w v) T+ Z
, Y) y2 a0 p1 G! l9 }' lHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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" a# t! n. A2 B5 I6 d7 k8 W3 B+ hLai, 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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3 _" ?2 e4 t- B& d) P1 b6 @0 D" jHe 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. 1 F' T4 |! n3 Y0 C- P( ^2 I
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. . K, \ I7 J9 G4 P
+ M3 J0 ]9 f WCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. , p0 S0 a* f% O, z$ d' [$ T4 s d
4 a$ K6 d0 } ^- Y8 S9 q, D. k; DFourteen 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.. J! {( g/ r4 ~7 v' ]: U- M5 j5 j/ t! V
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