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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man! o( X3 e- O' J
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT ) g/ r5 g' H* a! H5 f
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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- }% t9 e1 `1 q& fLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
& r( [. Z* \+ `2 q6 Q& j0 IJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.$ z8 _9 V0 h1 s2 B
' B8 U5 p5 c( T3 y% [His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.3 e: p: A6 g5 ~- s$ P i$ a' R9 L0 P
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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.0 t0 @: J3 I o2 w6 L' E7 {$ v
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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. % e2 q7 ]" C7 _/ d1 u: p1 Y
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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.
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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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9 z. ~3 \! `0 p5 E, [, @0 @0 ?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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. ^* h; y3 L8 H& M8 rFourteen 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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