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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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CBC News
( X. K2 T O3 I7 X4 a' i7 |: 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 $10 billion worth of goods.1 G# m' |) h; J9 x( E9 N
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
1 q/ A; W# X9 k9 Q$ @& _/ g1 K5 XJustice 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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1 {, d8 H: d5 j# ]) W7 vHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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! Q; F* y3 l3 ALai, 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.$ V) x+ p; L+ C+ W9 O c
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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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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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# D5 u; Y2 ]* a/ H% _* ZOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 8 y# q% c( m+ k
4 v/ n" S* R% L& m$ dFourteen 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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