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5 r% `# _) Y3 @! Q0 T% G+ p, PFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man) U6 p% M [' \: }
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT " f* B6 a" J9 F9 P6 L! Y c$ }" \
CBC News
; m+ x4 R; S' {( N0 s; @! jA 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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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
2 y4 w. R7 U) q! oJustice 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./ t8 D N: E5 b+ S. ~* T% \$ e
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.: g0 U9 u8 a: c: y& `& ~
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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.
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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.
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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5 U$ z3 _; a6 D7 d* J9 ACanada 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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# X% s* W) U$ V! z& z( AFourteen 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.$ t; p4 h8 q& `& P* H' D
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