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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
% Q6 h6 }9 _3 A- c! e9 w5 hLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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+ V o- {$ |) O. P# b- S' y' 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.
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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) 6 ?0 k5 F3 ?) P2 [
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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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." C7 q0 `% L7 f* M# c
! p4 @+ o. Z! Z8 S- t! i" [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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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. ( p4 J; q% J+ q
( \5 M3 R- w5 c; O8 _. \( _Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ) Y5 x& o% q6 m6 p l4 U# l, F
w" Q) e5 F/ S* ^3 u3 OFourteen 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.% v( W/ N, }7 S8 T( ?9 P9 A* u
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