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9 j, m% l' S( oFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man$ z7 N7 i! C1 e% E; f
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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- ~3 ~+ I4 K+ @0 d- @+ mA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.0 n) [$ F3 R/ O1 o
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( l. I! S( B: N8 @8 l! E/ L& p5 ^Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
) N, o2 {2 Z8 m% i* XJustice 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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2 O& f* N. [% G& uHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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9 u6 t8 e% v8 [6 P$ y( ULai, 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. ) O: T# H/ F3 ` R$ v7 ~" q
4 m, m, O' d& v" m1 hChinese 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. $ ]( ~3 i1 R- z9 s7 B# H; b" b
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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." K1 v; s1 z( D$ U4 O8 O5 ]
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