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z/ ^ z. T9 b# {Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man. _5 ]; J% x) S; b
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
! l; ~ O2 D8 g! D7 P# i5 w2 P0 a% UJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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: Z# p' T& p) v! @# k2 c6 BHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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* x. E2 S/ U3 t' j$ qLai, 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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4 @( B6 S5 K$ lChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. l( I% v$ t2 f' e
# \/ H3 e9 ]9 @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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! W4 I. ~7 V; v1 fCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. ) V3 Z+ F0 h# _! W1 W* T
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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.
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