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: Q$ ^2 n. l1 OFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man/ S6 K( H$ m+ K7 v5 u, S" o/ a% r
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 9 {5 k2 k( d5 R# N( A) s
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, B2 v" u+ d- A" z! T! TA 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.% c2 t* t4 ~% I& X) r! l' O: E
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0 B, m& }1 E) Q- zLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) # c5 y" {+ C5 g2 d8 y% T
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.( _1 Q3 a% V8 R8 P
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.; ?& |4 I+ \/ o- w% A
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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.- H3 Z3 P; G1 i8 k* J" @8 b/ 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. 3 g: ^0 x. t; d# \" p2 J
. H) E5 `" d* v" m- Q. m( HChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. / M2 r. N$ J1 l' _. N" h. P
: y5 X1 X$ u$ [1 ~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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0 d7 t( Q% P; p+ FCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 4 @+ ?4 x o0 Q4 c
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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.5 R- i6 G2 @: Y: `; w
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