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' T+ ?. V! x, O2 W+ G9 VFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
/ d: B6 d8 Z! `& O! LLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods./ g0 R/ N. q+ @$ k6 s
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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) ; G8 ?" B8 ?1 s
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.( }# W1 m8 J! ^5 I6 U# t( [4 P
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary./ p" g( e% E' a/ x- ]% G7 a. ^
* H" p* U6 g( g$ P/ i; qLai, 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.4 k) r* U5 d6 e6 g- q J0 I+ u+ v% s
- v! r. V( N% n' zHe 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. H7 `' u, G/ Z' R7 N/ G& y
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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# R$ V, V- Z9 g+ d% M1 wCanada 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./ w( I( l X& X# d4 f* L/ }
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