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" X$ j0 e6 |4 o0 K* LFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man5 }* z) S m& y( q4 K% Y
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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.8 M' V% h5 J+ I/ e; u- V- d
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! a3 Y; ]# g% X' ~8 P% QLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
6 u1 }6 h: T: ]3 N0 T+ o8 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.
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% @0 H' G9 R/ S9 P' {3 s& G. m0 U; OHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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: R6 P2 n* k! X0 R" I4 u. Q( KLai, 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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. d8 H+ H& E- d+ ~, D/ A% D' QHe 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. $ C" L7 r; {6 H/ U% d$ ]
' U& ^+ k) s% }% F5 {Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. ) X3 h7 i' W3 ~) H+ b; ^
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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7 ^- z7 S4 S6 C$ XFourteen 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.0 i& {7 J3 h% C; s
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