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; k/ G) _* d W/ J4 eFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man7 a% c r0 X8 e7 {
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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, e% e3 e, u/ b# r) HA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) . Y! m+ b; j; N: h, H
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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9 I4 v! k/ b8 kHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.# |% L+ |4 Q5 P
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Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.6 I& G6 G8 S$ A" |' r
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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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5 a5 o( g( _5 j3 J- RChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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4 l9 w4 m0 s9 l, `One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 6 }% Z6 }0 I1 X$ q
6 r" F' Q- v Z- j: K9 bFourteen 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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