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' k* h! h. n& H1 hFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
3 D( w5 X& n7 j1 ELast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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2 z9 Z- _1 d" r0 h& FA 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." ]" k/ m& v1 _2 z& e
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1 o8 W3 [- i) G0 W+ tLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
) s, X4 Z1 E( j. j7 SJustice 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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- K7 g* C2 p2 |- Z! |His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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8 v( B5 K1 Y# M- U( e6 r1 q, j- MLai, 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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% Y; z: d* U0 D6 d. D. F. q rHe 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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. - {1 V0 [* Q+ }4 Q; `" F
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 9 A5 p: `+ G: f U& o; O) N! g* o
( @; F% U$ Z. F" W- a0 @2 XCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. / {" `% ~5 e$ E: l6 A- G
y/ s6 V D6 [$ IFourteen 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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