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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man! s' l4 \/ K: i4 \; i
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT ) O+ g/ r& B+ ?2 o( \- k9 V3 [
CBC News
1 W0 g$ F+ c+ u- L# X, ?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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7 D" x8 y2 C0 ULai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) , b6 X1 t5 B# Y+ L
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.) |# S& K) _3 z) Z7 @( V
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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0 i, K) e+ W6 z6 [6 Y3 V3 cLai, 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. 8 x. u* i9 e- ]8 E, g& S
; \: ?; Y3 X, q" A+ |1 d, w2 NChinese 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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8 w/ r7 t; c: XOne 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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- S# x- b1 r! F3 q% H" k. BFourteen 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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