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, ~. n) U5 ?9 F1 C$ ~Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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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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* e5 [ O# i2 n' Q) xLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) $ ~! b6 u, P, N4 N: |
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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6 A: }- [" l8 Y+ `, A$ tHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary./ M$ H5 Q8 O$ h3 U: G
6 s# {8 o6 n" F$ h6 lLai, 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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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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; R% e! R, n4 @( U- f. MOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. % ]5 H6 D. O& V# i& x. r6 `8 U
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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. $ f" X. ?) L! W8 f" Z1 c) _5 m
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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. M! b$ K) B+ \6 h
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