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; @. O8 o# Y% |4 f1 I3 n0 ^Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
9 m! ^2 W% |6 n. GLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 3 K- M6 h# v* t4 I
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.5 D5 w, @4 j- |4 f# }
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# r1 `1 O; Q$ D/ }8 |Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
s. ?* @0 H0 \- @- y9 [ i5 @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.6 c% ]2 }2 ^" c- c7 C: {
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.9 V. X2 s8 r' A$ S* \: }) \
1 _, d& Q) P0 W- R- 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.
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% |0 B5 f( G2 d9 b" ]2 ]% p+ K/ I0 v, HHe 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. - ?% r1 W; |$ _) I% k- {6 m
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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k( p# w$ U; p9 u/ qOne 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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& g$ A c' U$ _8 x8 g9 tCanada 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.5 x, X. @$ v0 o: L& {+ P8 }" K
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