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$ b$ f! z9 F, I3 a$ _; ]* `9 i' XFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
3 M0 m1 L3 K) OLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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m$ u3 T" D5 Q* ~3 g4 ?" z' r* OA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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( s; G0 }$ s+ D" f. {' H" m& YLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
6 \2 N Z) h u6 ^1 F6 f3 {2 ^. bJustice 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.! V- @: {$ n' B+ T$ G
* I$ p# f7 J. a, [8 z" ~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.- C! q# ~: }$ o o' x
& s3 u. E& x; u% B+ eHe 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. 1 T7 S$ }) |/ a. e1 W$ R- f
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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6 a# ? y) E$ {' V0 bOne 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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% S& C8 ?8 }, a/ A% |. e& ZCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 1 x1 b0 B* F; e
7 |7 f, j4 o$ S- d; M b' LFourteen 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.7 D3 N/ Q$ I5 k
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