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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man: B) K$ X8 B$ P& l
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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8 C6 B; W" C8 n5 i5 L9 z* |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.7 p) Y9 Q) D+ N3 m/ ?- x
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4 p" Q5 [& Y# x! @* ?4 p! JLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
) B3 o1 p& J! ~& X& E3 W" Q5 \, PJustice 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./ H/ h# s4 i! \3 f. G+ h5 E
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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.
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; b2 h! g4 w' [2 t# r: |. ]) ^: f( yHe 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. + d* C* B7 o: |1 i' a
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. / D! I0 T& \6 ^+ S" q7 M5 g
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. ( x. Y8 V4 @0 X
- Z% w1 h8 k f2 f$ dCanada 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.
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