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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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0 K# c6 C& N8 T2 a( w0 ]) r$ FA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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! g% c6 O2 m. E& nLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) : W5 h! A( k# \/ z! _. U k
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.# M% c- ^/ F4 C K; y0 D$ ~7 C
1 b3 Q, o' R- J& M4 s9 aHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary., f* C. }+ S* b/ i2 @
% N4 E6 c- N$ ]- L- [$ oLai, 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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( K8 f3 i. G$ M( m* p, \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. 4 u2 z- w9 \8 n
& ~% u. v8 M8 N/ |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. 6 Y- {3 \( v0 s" i Y9 \
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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.6 I" @, t f2 ^) d2 s8 P5 U& L
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