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. S) n9 ~5 E, r6 L+ }3 s5 A7 ?4 ^/ tFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
3 z, Z# ]+ B1 cLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT % x: ]( S# b. c& e
CBC News
/ C1 C! q4 \: T0 b! UA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.7 b1 I0 i5 m! @' v
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6 F# t2 ?3 h4 o4 b4 e' m, S5 f; JLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ! E, ?* m, f# b7 ]6 M
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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; \+ W$ `! I% e( L3 L/ pHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.' T$ g. k, n9 W' o9 }
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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. ! h. |4 T& m u# O2 o q$ _
6 q- v! y$ k/ Q2 g/ XChinese 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. 2 @# v6 e9 q+ u5 [# U" I: D
) H9 u* |4 f- x, V8 {8 ^: gOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. $ v5 X$ i2 f* k
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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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8 w' w d. ^( f9 E C' @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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