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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man8 q$ j% C, M; {2 W |# r
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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2 z6 {2 C- w* s- o7 n# g* nA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) % N, u' n' D2 j+ a, ?5 j$ J8 V. g
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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" S2 I, G* s) m( A" l4 [His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.0 s/ c4 T4 s; K3 L N
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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.8 m2 z) ], O2 F# f* a8 x2 e- h' [
; L$ M; L. _* gHe 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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6 O2 g0 T8 e& N- m A9 IChinese 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. 0 g4 x9 T# v& u0 A; ~! m
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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.
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