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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
" D( }* M4 o h! H6 ?' Y* A. i) p* PLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT * o% m- {$ ?5 {# Q; b
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9 b3 C; b2 L$ i0 R qA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.4 r0 U# N3 V- e3 ]5 R6 K# n
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) % U. |: {5 H5 U% a2 n1 Q' b$ |
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.# c( f6 ^2 x7 p, d5 L( A
- i4 M" q7 Q5 T0 L: }) MHis 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.7 b! h8 S& O. y
. n/ z, M3 M" \* sHe 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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1 Z1 _% s" a* a# dChinese 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. - O6 R, D+ [# U0 H8 m
$ Y% T r( R, Q1 sOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 3 y+ F, D- v: V
0 E, m+ J7 S& q) d q; M/ qCanada 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.
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