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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
6 g$ t% I* D& R5 ZLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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& k" b+ c" |1 E: \+ {% wA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) # g! t! V- v. n- Q& z0 H
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.% o! P7 _ q J6 @1 f) R8 |
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.) B! X: h7 Y$ a, W
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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.
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3 c5 Z9 S3 M/ v: [/ j$ FHe 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. 5 C5 p/ [1 R# F# S, \+ l
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. # R1 D$ n! e9 ]0 S
a7 i5 Y1 X- MOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 9 U3 \, E' u7 ~0 K% O7 L
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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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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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