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6 K& {6 O# u/ }+ P; d! \Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
$ i$ i( K9 j+ m0 T$ p% s2 ULast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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O# g% D% C- @; f% g" r* IA 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. y) q' g# h9 ^+ A1 G. k
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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)
7 h% `% n4 f* v5 q7 YJustice 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.6 @, p, a2 u2 [0 E+ S2 k
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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5 G Y2 j9 L% Q8 l+ s. q* U/ T* 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.1 t& e e% O, ~3 X1 O" ]
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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. 7 X! M' d6 X6 o& W, L; H
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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- G$ G9 y" x$ a; |0 _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.
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) V2 @4 s; f; v) h: z1 k4 n; YCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. # t7 H7 A: r2 t0 d
; I* R- M% I. vFourteen 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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