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* J5 v2 m. z/ l0 w# DFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man5 }4 Z+ Y* [0 r
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 $10 billion worth of goods.; S7 E4 L) I) m$ S" 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) 5 E% F1 V( @1 k1 ?3 R
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./ Z) }* J4 h Y" Z
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.; {* U+ O+ W0 V$ m
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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.$ B R7 F7 e3 F# `
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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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2 t" a% _2 E% I+ J; C& o+ O- ~. EChinese 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. % Q7 x9 J2 R) N2 F# q8 h( g5 }, O* F
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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. - V9 i5 {% V# l; k" U
: C) @9 r5 b% }+ k( MFourteen 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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