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+ d, Y6 S7 z: XFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man0 r' Z0 L: \( \' {, Z7 l2 q
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 2 i `* S4 X1 M: R2 k; T4 Z6 h6 a( J7 V
CBC News
! y) S% m5 j( B8 f2 GA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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4 D/ v# u# q$ ]Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 8 f+ l0 n; p) \3 B9 m% v3 R* {7 F1 y
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.
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" e i; z+ B6 D+ YHis 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.( I+ y0 G- b3 z5 B
; q0 n; u6 x; n% oHe 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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. , c$ [9 P- D) n. v. m- o( [
% g w* L: C6 e$ ~3 E! tCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. # ^8 C9 x h2 n2 z) u
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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.. Z/ y( w1 B4 ] X( L! d( i# h
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