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; h* N! ]8 E( t. TFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
% K6 B' U/ W) N' q r2 bLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT * d9 G# R8 C* d/ V
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.7 H$ G: A' B7 @& y+ p
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' z: A* ]( ~7 n9 `Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) - a+ V( }. P" b3 U
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.2 u. {( p! X5 i* a. p& F
) }: i2 o: K O) T; JHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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* R3 }# L1 `' ]) ~$ o2 b5 SLai, 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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& b- k- H) n+ y$ `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. 6 Y5 j& [- [- V, J
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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.
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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. & g9 [8 c8 {; ^5 d/ T! } X* `0 ]
- @5 c }. q; f2 ?6 N5 ]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.2 l4 ^2 N1 x0 H; x+ t* v5 H
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