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- R" [5 v0 a. c; x3 ~& F& ~Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
( g2 e0 R0 U+ ~3 v- n& yLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT * r+ x- ~7 s' _* G
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3 o- k% k1 h/ \6 x! AA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.2 \" K' Y+ A3 O9 t7 y' b0 p
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$ {$ _" p, d8 y2 C# W8 [9 U: HLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
# X3 w( }" @5 X! w) S( SJustice 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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! W* V) W6 {6 j2 R6 x4 j9 ~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.2 l3 e& U7 R* u( b8 p9 W
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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. 1 |) Y& ^6 G4 k! N
3 A7 W* F' W9 b* {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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- O! N3 r, e# o* s `: [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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Canada 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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& t* y6 Q% F/ J0 Q( H% D: f) d8 gFourteen 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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