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) R; v7 C) N) v+ B4 a) @$ EFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man0 E* t/ U; j" ^- d0 x2 E' q
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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1 ?8 [# w) y6 T( T1 A1 g0 p H1 }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 $10 billion worth of goods.& e1 K( m$ |+ x# m# L- B
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4 _. g# L5 P+ p7 V; A- ALai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 2 }' a8 O' u' k) M$ w
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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( m) w4 H" I7 m3 Y! @3 d/ GHis 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. U! w, x7 `" L; }6 a
! B& M+ M! Q' V& `0 wHe 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 O" i# Z' S; f( c* xChinese 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. ) C; B4 e" A, m2 @" b
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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. 7 T' ]5 X& `7 ^5 h
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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.7 t; c5 @# h: @3 Z9 S) y9 X* r# d
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