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# k9 D' b! v* q! Z: {, ]1 DFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man& `4 F9 S9 O; L S" V
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT ( K" I6 b, K5 |4 e! x( Z2 M3 g
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
+ S3 f! V* z% `' h% jJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.. |. f8 ?: x$ e+ M- Y. u
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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# s! x5 q. B. S! K/ ?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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3 } |* N, x5 Z3 OHe 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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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. + _- E1 h# O' ?) i1 d5 V1 _3 P
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 3 x; q: W1 r" _% F# v. d _" x
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. + P$ I* @6 C; Y1 w1 J' ~( V
6 w; z. S6 s( TFourteen 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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