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# L _' s4 v! B8 Z% ^Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
' v Z2 I3 K3 U8 l/ j" k; HLast 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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b6 N: ~! S! s1 X& k: C0 qLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 1 Q/ Z2 ^2 o( e7 l2 ~; t/ 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.' ~, }& c3 T1 V( p; i: c
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.7 S3 r7 v' H- v8 t) H3 G& d' C/ ?
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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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4 J) l" t9 r1 P+ 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.
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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. , }7 }, l0 D6 |' q, s S% t- n0 L6 M
/ W- m. T2 z& j5 \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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0 f& \' f+ h6 n T) u* R M& R8 x. MCanada 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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