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. }! P1 `6 x3 I8 M) b$ S! z/ M3 RFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
' P' z0 h; L9 J/ n$ K7 ]Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT / Y- R: ?8 W2 n
CBC News
$ h H: Z# ^2 ` k4 G9 }1 ~+ CA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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1 w+ I, I3 r# U" ?$ k# QLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
( k4 N; I8 l, m$ KJustice 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.7 ^' Y8 X: ~# ~+ z4 {
1 c' H4 T5 t2 E" B4 N" @9 U0 _His 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.1 _% i. d' w6 d1 l( D
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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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: x' @& C% E( N3 l5 ]Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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- v3 g9 a$ X- yOne 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.
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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. t/ X! |5 t% d; n- o9 f
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