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1 Y+ K0 y6 X6 }0 OFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man1 S( b3 d1 t' q: a- E2 V* j- \
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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.1 w6 l2 x4 j; d8 P: T7 A) V
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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)
7 q. @2 t% ]+ |2 A/ s8 PJustice 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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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.* e- X3 H/ U: u) B6 ~
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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.8 E- t0 V+ M1 ?% \( B4 A
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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. - i: M" @% F8 G: j, e
4 {. S' K! K6 jChinese 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. 4 p% a& j3 x3 [; } C+ H* p" [
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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. + l1 |% T3 [5 Y# R; V G
/ W4 \+ I% G9 CCanada 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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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. \7 F0 u+ p( L5 v3 s' X
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