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1 z+ U+ R! `, T8 x1 VFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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3 L3 w* ?, T D, a+ f: l" XA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.) O) E n/ _+ f; L5 B. x$ Q9 b
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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) % q3 h. K2 r: Y0 Z/ u( J
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.: X; C5 s: @$ w" W5 | B, K
7 e1 M z6 h" d, k, [1 e% R' ?His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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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.2 a; T8 ?$ ?# g6 J/ e& u
3 h! a% j% t/ s% 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.
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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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: z0 k2 Q b# {& }; E4 @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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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.3 ~( D* R- p3 f% ~; O' g" J2 I& l7 y
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