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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.7 m& z# `: H1 i+ E6 Y w8 k
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( I# K$ I& J& @Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
, a4 x2 B9 M/ [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.: K1 ?8 @7 O( k
& b( e, y5 C. y# A1 u% oHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.' J- ~' n& U' `7 X7 R
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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.
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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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) p @ I9 P( L0 f5 _1 y4 {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. 2 A" |# v2 H) M/ R+ M5 p8 A. G
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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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