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# G# X8 V X* E6 S3 VFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man+ i' d0 e8 [- D+ I$ @" z% i5 v
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 $10 billion worth of goods.5 f, ^1 h* ~1 ^& O+ `
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4 ~8 J ]: c: ]" y6 {Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) / P+ O& A2 b6 ~3 a/ Y" x
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.4 [( g0 F$ Q s4 u1 } T! l
) o4 L: W1 r# d" `( o0 y0 lLai, 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.) j& S# m! p6 x7 p& S
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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. ' d) M T8 a7 i; J" o; i0 y
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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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3 u' m7 F1 t, o- E% A* L5 xOne 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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( j- n Y2 X/ R- V/ H9 j/ pFourteen 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.6 s0 L- h3 Y' _ i
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