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/ Q& U5 [9 f; q6 x1 `: m: R9 X; J) xFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man) {( T& ]5 M4 I. S1 A
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ; u" E3 y2 G' H# x4 h; [4 {9 R
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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Y( _; k! i, t- |His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.! V2 z' q( J( V+ n, ]' B
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Lai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.8 v% E: y7 I; C
( W! [, T2 n* GHe maintains he is just a fall guy in China's crackdown on corruption, but Canada's Immigration Department has ruled he is a fugitive and not a refugee. China said he is guilty of tax evasion and bribery. 6 N0 Z6 p7 M' h$ Q& m
_" ^; H. @1 kChinese 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. 2 n* U! G: `& b% Z8 v9 i
4 D! T/ z4 w& j! U5 q) t, ^5 I% \( TOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 1 v* G% S& a# \& k- B
0 N" N4 O( l; i( [Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. b5 ?' ?" @4 @/ L; ~ |1 B
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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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