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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man* e9 w7 Q% M! r! n5 o6 }7 z6 F1 g/ I
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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)
; y% G4 R1 ?) M1 hJustice 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.+ J2 h2 v% J+ s+ ~! {& F
, ?3 e8 h1 |5 q/ eHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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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.
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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. & S6 |/ L( ~( m- }- N
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. & f$ S0 R4 l9 A8 G/ P0 u" z( D
6 h! D" z# }3 O5 P$ [! K0 d2 tOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 2 f P; C2 M5 G
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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. # u# k% _6 s* F/ E9 ~
+ H! h; ?5 B3 [" }( e jFourteen 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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