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* y& h" P- A( a: R7 kFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man! O8 ?2 q8 w8 A" U* E2 q
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 5 _/ o6 L1 } T; ~+ M3 L
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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.3 i9 B- J8 [; m; F* T; c
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\8 d0 v: p1 N- Q/ ?3 i( ELai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
0 b( a' A7 }% \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: s. e* G# `/ q0 y& U
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.( g6 c* }: K( t
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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.
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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. ; K; h* [6 D7 z- f6 o1 u, |
" g7 N( F% [7 ~ v5 b0 G- l+ j1 K1 EChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. & n% F$ K6 e) e+ o" k! w( o6 V
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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. ) k8 P9 n p+ d0 A
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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.
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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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