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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man/ B& }: Y9 ~5 k/ s% }3 m0 g& k$ C
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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& l4 d% _9 ~6 [) j2 ~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.6 R3 _) S1 u8 v6 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) 1 F! v& _8 b! z, a5 ~
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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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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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. . I7 J, p; A8 W+ X
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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. $ g& Y+ {* ?) r- w; Q
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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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% _, L/ f8 L1 f& 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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) b; i, D0 p; U r1 R& D: |; EFourteen 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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