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& D5 b$ [) k- G) v0 ?Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man0 |% E* B* K1 ^1 ^4 m- h' s
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 $10 billion worth of goods.$ O, F+ m& R# c/ n* l5 s* E
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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)
, V; j, X7 E" Z kJustice 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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7 q( V, J: Z0 L% f7 q6 PHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary. }1 G" E; e8 X! t( E! t) v# t1 _
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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.9 o' u g" W/ Z/ m
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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. 0 N) u$ l' a5 [6 H# T* l+ T
$ c+ L# j0 \% {+ t5 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. 7 k1 F/ Z# l0 @: F
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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. 7 [: d4 {, T" D4 `) w: \7 {
( G# l! k* {* f- a* r; UCanada 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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2 _, M! i) a) O1 E( wFourteen 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.. w& D3 [0 [/ p
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