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( f; q. {0 O7 y3 t: Y: eFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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$ P4 `, X+ _1 T( h/ }7 xA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.( T) H! ^/ W; R( l; ^
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, ~' U0 \$ k7 e' K* e/ e- cLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) * r. X. B3 x* A$ s! E
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.: `- C- I6 U( J' k
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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f" V3 g; @: \, i9 DLai, 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." G; K4 ?6 g& [
. Z d$ l- _ `* ?( 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. 8 @9 {1 `5 v( D! i+ S
6 T- p$ n& z3 l& t& J! Z% SChinese 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. 6 I) m6 F: z# l9 Y" L
0 Y5 M' D4 y/ g) N" k( X7 pOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. ' ?; r+ V* H, Q6 n G F/ E, \
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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. V4 W7 i# b) s0 T
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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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