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5 z+ p) t/ f: ~3 r. qFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man7 l! E, T$ D4 n
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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+ l4 u& p' d9 ?" N+ a$ w! P9 D! XA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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! x6 P" s4 n7 H% L0 j: Q" NLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
; { I. H3 E$ m: q2 Z8 KJustice 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.9 R0 V* D% ~+ G o% C" }9 o
! u5 y R0 f5 Z \8 S5 C7 hHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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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.! f% E; A2 U7 n: A/ V3 \& D, o, j
8 t# T9 g Z/ N6 p THe 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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' b k G' C6 I% x/ ?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. . _. H7 N7 B# w4 |' X: i4 b: S
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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. + f6 q, I; v. K% i
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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. ! d1 _+ N, b; T3 K7 _
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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., F4 K( V2 c% j4 a' O6 _/ u
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