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) j9 H( Y/ Q! ~4 g' c. c6 K" ZFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
; o$ D/ _0 E1 i$ ?% y' c: KLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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/ t, s! I" ~. r$ ^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.# t6 o5 Q0 X) Q* V
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- m+ Y6 |- ^- {2 F! J4 B) oLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
: z: o9 l) V& |4 ]3 A- oJustice 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.! j. G7 V0 P2 A/ W1 a3 ^
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.4 w3 Y6 f! H/ [9 h4 l6 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.
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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 G) Q9 A1 N9 l" BChinese 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. 4 ]! @7 M2 v7 Y0 v
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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. ^3 o8 W) W0 Q. v
% m. P3 C1 @: JCanada 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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