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9 `: f9 X5 g* S. K$ X: M0 w- @3 n' MFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man1 G0 y" t0 B4 n+ _+ Z) U' I9 S: T( L
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 4 p, d8 O3 E3 _4 n, l' z; O) O
CBC News
1 p9 y- |# r, x( p9 X+ t, U1 J; xA 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 $10 billion worth of goods./ H2 u! `3 V2 {6 m
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 9 ?6 d. T9 t' g8 Y
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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, D. Q$ `* c1 W6 @( l8 a1 ?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.. ` p7 b" B7 N1 K
1 c- {+ _8 D! s# l' E: Z# VHe 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. ( X' @, x: Z) n0 E; ] m7 Y
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. + f) t0 e* o8 r: Q" f! H8 f" S
0 h, j) N" y: W* COne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. . D8 f3 ?8 n0 d Y- A7 I C
6 i& U6 q |3 X3 C" f9 X2 bCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. l* c p$ P- _$ Q
# {2 l1 I" e4 W" ZFourteen 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.! N6 j% v* A2 y* M( r) ]& u) n
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