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' y! Q0 j4 P4 s" w( X" [3 E: wFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man* }/ L4 C: H9 r3 Q: u/ ]
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.. c+ w% Z; n8 z9 c) D( `
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2 N8 ]; |) P2 W1 t( g( S! w5 @! jLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) : v; n5 a# P, |# t
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.. U" s6 l4 i/ J+ {! l
$ Z: `: k( [( @3 ]* pHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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; x" k: c/ j! O3 t" Y6 fLai, 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.* {3 o) g' l, t4 U
& z# u5 |* N4 Z/ F+ R; G# uHe 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. / R, ?& [: e5 G$ h. A
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. . Z. ~, ^; W( R8 F e
, p: M; q+ [/ K8 {9 ^$ zCanada 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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/ Z. h6 Z: h- M" kFourteen 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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