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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man. P$ z) M4 h1 _+ t3 n
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 1 {$ b2 Y9 X3 C( R# H" ?1 ?# D, `. L
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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)
$ ?3 |# a i* ~" r, 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./ J3 g. Y! H2 D& J {% F, ~7 f% _
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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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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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$ K. J( s0 ]3 m3 q3 ]( I/ S5 `3 MChinese 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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% q/ c, |* H, L# hOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. : P1 u( s7 r2 y
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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. $ I2 S. I) f& P a
& S1 B4 W7 d: J& T$ U0 Q" t AFourteen 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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