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1 t7 Y7 d; ]. n5 f* V3 v. u6 s: |, EFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man$ a. R2 G& u/ f8 E: w+ I+ d; A
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT " r* ?' y% S4 F% U+ R# r/ W
CBC News
1 H0 r- R6 k% @% h$ |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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 8 Y* u6 J/ I# `& K3 N
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer." ^$ F/ @) r. c6 Q; J
1 A" L! B5 p; H$ }' {& S3 X' SHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.& e* p7 o# G/ t8 A0 @
8 [ f' \$ \6 ~& \+ Q. wLai, 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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* B' f& _1 y3 \& [" }6 jHe 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.
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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.
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" C" e. K% b3 L. bFourteen 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.. y( | i3 k6 w, s( @
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