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. {. A& v/ V, g/ B% ^" l$ M. `Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
% m+ m; w T+ |1 VLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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. i- o7 o1 h8 tA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.- R, N% l& f# h' f
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- {% n) M0 ~8 A: r: l" U2 y/ iLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
6 J% o" F9 l8 h0 j' \0 [0 cJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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4 N/ @$ M: q1 X2 N% M7 {His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.1 `& X7 ]% e- P9 F
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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.! r3 w, X% |2 X/ i: O: I `( u
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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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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. ( \1 @4 ^9 P5 B/ C9 ]
6 {9 V; \2 O+ C; l" p& ?, d0 L5 K: MOne 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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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 2 h) j* G: d1 t' V( O
: u ?. U- T7 d# ZFourteen 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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