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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man. e+ }2 o! G) k1 q: D& _
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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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. F) Y: C9 y. Z! D1 r, g$ p- B! T- @Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
0 |: G" y7 u' @9 ]- q4 a5 m sJustice 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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3 o- X# A( B. X6 O4 }His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.1 @, O" Z9 \; k8 R
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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.0 Q6 l$ G' o @1 @
" |- K4 h* a# d3 ]( Y9 BHe 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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x! L% r) Y% j: G' l) T) o; Q; RChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. ' l6 g$ x q! \( M& C: P
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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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& i' R1 x5 @. j: O7 MCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. + A# X- _3 w. z4 E5 y
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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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