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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man V0 o( m' u% s7 G% G7 m$ A
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT & w; w+ T9 T7 d0 K+ X
CBC News
+ S5 N! c4 l/ L+ u; M3 [3 }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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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
, G& l) x* S! GJustice 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 i% S+ O0 K) K7 [
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.! {0 s1 B2 x( W! h' t* m
$ L( A3 T5 b6 I: {; o; W) ALai, 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.$ L% H5 G1 ~" s" X2 q! d" W4 N
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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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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. % d& N0 n1 d- s) J& j3 A# m
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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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' S* b/ D5 C# ~ U5 {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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2 ~3 `& m, D3 p- Y' D7 s( vFourteen 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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