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5 p& I! d) V; _6 J( m" `Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man& w, [/ \: R& m/ N5 G/ `
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT ( X' v* a7 I9 {7 |9 Z; n8 i
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0 ~/ v% i: r9 x& c! 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.7 g4 l9 \0 u H/ L0 }
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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)
$ d2 x& o, K% P" w2 y& @0 _, d* UJustice 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., l, U! D+ i; ^& R
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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0 r6 h8 R! ?3 ]3 b |' x3 |. {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.# ^- h* @7 o; r/ g( g
# y. K z7 m( \& h, R5 _! v- SHe 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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) L" C, v0 m6 u. A( q& V; H- S- b' lChinese 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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! V2 j1 S' N8 _3 H( q: K7 X. v% sOne 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. + Q# x4 Q; F' F) Z1 `: S! Q8 F/ B
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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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