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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man& j0 d2 m! V. u$ {8 J' D: @
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 $10 billion worth of goods.4 U& _1 I0 e( d4 l$ \- o. P
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. k5 O+ W7 D- u% j+ M; xLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
0 t6 {2 F. v, t5 g: i) hJustice 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., J# L& d G2 j- I) `/ L2 |
9 ~0 d+ S# e/ |9 r2 }, }' W( p; OHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.5 X h6 Q. ?6 @; [) s' i
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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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7 E6 w2 g, W2 Y" o' C8 zHe 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. - p: G4 N! U8 F% s1 ]
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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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( M7 f( |9 g2 {) l4 y! dOne 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. 4 {' L% J6 k* B
0 E# L" y) C9 d+ z5 KFourteen 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.6 q* b. |9 ~5 J7 u/ M( Q T# u
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