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. L! B4 {; _" X8 F7 aFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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CBC News
; y* G' }0 G# D- c9 T+ Z3 R( \$ JA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 2 v+ }: q% s, o: D0 ]* A
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.$ \5 B4 T" U* b
! Y# N7 S# W; S) a, T/ S6 aHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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% t# N8 S5 R% L( _, Z. u" D5 {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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He 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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! F: I _: z' j4 c- iChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. - v$ t% H- o+ d2 y7 I
& p% ~, o' t7 k2 R7 l) S# oFourteen 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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