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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man" j8 x* _) ^4 X1 ~
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 6 ?; C0 |8 V# S7 I* k8 m
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
- x& M G z# J% w' s( _Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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q! M ]3 v w& s: x! w5 ?Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.
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; y6 y. m8 f4 sHe maintains he is just a fall guy in China's crackdown on corruption, but Canada's Immigration Department has ruled he is a fugitive and not a refugee. China said he is guilty of tax evasion and bribery.
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$ S( X4 m& f: S8 i e: V+ OChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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( e5 m# m3 }/ M$ K3 b, R3 y" i+ ^" |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. / L7 m7 |& }9 s* ^4 u6 ?
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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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: I. v" e) q# {$ v s$ q- t1 ?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.- i! a8 d9 u3 P% \& W1 F5 [6 F
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