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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
`" v* q* ^6 P: R% T* R% VLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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1 \/ ?1 [8 o# o, P* ~( D4 l3 kA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.) l' J' r0 G0 t5 y k1 c, _
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
& V1 F8 {" v) `6 ~6 UJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.. ~/ B/ B$ y) t+ {! G9 ^$ {
- S# o8 y3 t. Y1 rHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.3 P( a6 v p7 A! l8 }) i
8 m$ ]0 L- T3 [' f. |8 H6 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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1 T# G5 R5 r2 H& q. U/ GChinese 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. $ \) L6 `8 g+ \5 F7 N1 i: _
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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. 4 k6 A5 ^# W! P- C
, v. S- L: U5 dFourteen 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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