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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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" ]+ a& S; S) Y, KA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.( {+ v4 N$ ]9 @& ^6 F) M/ Y4 N" n
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s9 \, C1 J- z+ c% SLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) # u3 U1 p P7 R2 s3 K" D `! X' ]
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.0 _7 E. U0 {6 o& c" N/ K
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* }8 W! l2 _8 R8 D' d/ v* 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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# E9 w: O1 b% HHe 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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" D c% m8 }0 Z7 [; E; uChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. * C: n9 j1 P% @8 N3 i
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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Fourteen people have already been sentenced to death in the smuggling scandal and Lai is convinced he will be killed in prison if Canada deports him.3 u1 I$ _, d0 [' u9 s; g* B$ T
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