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$ g' C h7 n! y- \2 WFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man" W( Q: F8 c7 |* }! e
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT $ p B5 t/ Z$ _' `( M0 L* m
CBC News
+ ~, g7 U, v! E& V6 p+ P5 q+ |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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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3 m' U4 H. z$ E i' vLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
8 _6 M$ o$ }( z1 ?0 q" ]. x8 i1 AJustice 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.$ Q" f5 ` ^8 @1 `
% X7 l) q2 ^; G! u a. ~( gHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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" B* M7 \9 \; d0 E! T2 jLai, 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.7 _9 a7 ~' d% ^. L+ \1 m; J
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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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0 u n' v$ L9 ]& K% i) U' a2 G8 TChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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4 Y0 V! B( `5 @7 KOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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% F+ G1 q& J2 F; SCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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, D, f5 k- `1 U7 q$ xFourteen 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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