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( N9 @, Y% h8 R$ h# LFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
, A3 A# u7 J' z0 m! p6 uLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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6 F# p! K2 P6 m( |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.; q, E) F/ N6 \3 g5 c4 u
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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)
' O, c( ]) ^- C' _. \/ T# U; F- gJustice 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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. C- o: o' U4 Y) p" G5 C1 s- jHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.& f) ^" s/ W1 X" ?3 B
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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. 3 ?( a3 n* |3 l8 ~) z
8 v9 I1 h% \6 kChinese 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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Canada 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., S1 F1 ? c2 f# P- p
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