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7 _5 ]' w8 h* J) b- [* [/ q7 B9 X+ YFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man8 g+ y2 Z5 ?! Y
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 1 ?& V) T3 f9 ^. R+ p
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4 w! g6 ~1 N' p! F( vA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.2 ?8 [5 m& y% O! T, ?3 y5 Z& L3 G! S
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
+ }9 T; A- N" X$ h4 ]" p& DJustice 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.5 G4 l2 c5 X0 e3 ^
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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.4 }8 I5 l3 p& l* n! `; c( B* c" I
' D& b3 b. {( Z& h5 N( v* n3 FHe 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. & V9 J5 y8 m, Z* ?
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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. ; X! b+ N' S7 D/ D; y2 W3 E4 V
( G9 G, g; q7 d5 cCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 0 [! [5 q; D' ]/ B
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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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