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, ~& z6 G) @4 f7 v& n5 NFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man6 d! c3 b. L. ^9 k; r, }2 ~; A
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 8 w- c( M) I& R3 J" ?* Z8 Y
CBC News
* [- L, I+ M; mA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.- s2 d" G+ i2 S$ Q
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' m- @! I% y- l# }- B1 nLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
+ b- q8 j+ V) u. yJustice 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.
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- x; K' Q9 w3 y& y* EHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.' L; b. i" q, K& s2 G+ X: w) ~
8 e* x/ } Q Z/ h7 Y/ \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.5 g% u& K+ J) m
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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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& V7 n# {& `- D# u; a% J& QChinese 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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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. / ]* ?: D/ V9 \& W) i' L' z
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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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! ~9 w! r/ e( B3 j- ^3 x! 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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