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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man/ }. n: @" |% {! Y N4 ^
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 2 K( _( t/ x1 v8 f
CBC News
9 e* f# [) r$ R5 h; X+ s9 V8 ?& iA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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" p' S+ l/ e; b* t) ULai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) # n; }$ j8 G" A" x
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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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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% c, [: H' ^2 u2 b5 d' H n8 TLai, 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.* N# M3 u; R0 P) X& e
4 f( C& P0 i/ K8 j2 I8 dHe 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. 0 F5 y# q/ K1 J4 J
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 8 o1 Q; q7 m$ L2 X1 [# D/ s; C9 e
! _+ D9 l7 n. aOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. ) S+ b! e- r+ P
& O4 G1 t6 F+ r: y) z! H( RCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 1 X6 @0 Y8 B# }/ Q: o4 p
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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.
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