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5 V2 F% P% W L2 j2 nFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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CBC News
Q( y: ]) c- [& Y' i3 {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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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! \- J6 t- d6 W( KLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
5 C! |8 A* R1 Y6 q& t- GJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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5 N t$ o5 P8 j* F; l+ lHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.8 x+ b" `+ l" o3 w6 {5 ]
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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.6 y: b; z8 V& B+ l6 }
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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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7 ?; V1 }) {8 Y# A; UOne 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 w5 q/ \. b2 a) ^' f
- T1 @" d0 J- |9 v HCanada 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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