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$ ]0 g+ g3 m2 d' p. BFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man9 M8 M2 g# v4 P6 f
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT $ r8 w e* E% q. a; O6 y( `1 |
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.' C0 U8 v3 e8 e. T% U
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
" L o- N/ ~) O M0 o2 G$ x; _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. e x, Z6 L/ t# a
( N1 x! | ]$ P1 d4 zHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.# P4 U& @% P: a5 o3 L2 l
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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.; b3 p* _( ^0 n% U9 `( e8 h
4 U0 C- s' h: x9 v4 c- |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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3 D& f C4 ?5 n+ k' x3 ~Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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. S$ m( W/ S2 w; h& GOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 7 p5 M+ X8 d0 J! w9 J6 A) `
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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. ! m& o# M' K' [4 i8 T- E- e- a
8 ^$ [5 o% E" c: I" d$ P3 _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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