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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man3 R) g& ^+ K- W+ Q0 a
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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: C7 D+ y% e6 D& cA 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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5 ?9 J9 u; r9 e o/ n0 @; o! ^4 NLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
( p7 w+ S& F) b" nJustice 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/ ?8 V. v4 Y# Z; R2 ?6 j ^* eHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary." y! f; Z+ f0 l, M- y9 f: E
5 V( h5 y' }! |1 GLai, 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.
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2 H9 X! ?/ P5 x7 z- xHe 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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: L5 {+ b: Z) K7 mChinese 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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One 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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( Z ?7 t& y9 f9 D3 F) c7 NCanada 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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! f: J9 }3 n* w/ d! TFourteen 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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