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$ G5 A3 l6 V3 Z/ g; kFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man1 W; m2 Q' q/ w r$ i8 o
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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A 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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4 S! k0 h- o9 a1 TLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) : h7 m: M: K. f l8 m
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.7 T! k2 A5 o4 {: A. G3 {1 G# p; w
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.
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$ }" F( ~ y8 Q8 w5 s( L! \, d: dHe 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. 7 W3 Q0 w6 b1 a% X
3 O( S5 t- B, R5 @& cChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 4 u8 }+ F5 b: e1 b6 x0 v
6 T0 C, P7 u2 @$ v3 U% \* A$ ^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. ! k) J/ Q) j: A4 C; @
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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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