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7 }3 \7 } f2 y% [Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
. i) K z8 N$ p! H9 n# [, KLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT * W8 i# x7 _5 i
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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.2 w8 L4 A! f& Q' I0 ?' j( S ]3 _3 k
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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) ' w. |) r8 w& _3 [% U' b8 X6 r0 ^
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.
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* `; u9 {( U3 g/ dHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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: U" p8 Y- R4 u6 z- H7 B/ vLai, 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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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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3 R: W. A2 l+ P8 G5 c0 zOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. . Y: ?0 m! s5 A: D0 F+ {) }' G
% O* D: N' q' ?6 e, r# ICanada 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.% d4 z+ k: Q2 Y) t; j
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