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$ P/ P0 ^, Q' S5 V5 I# VFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man+ |4 p3 N$ E1 l" h3 A" d- X
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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+ R8 i+ ~' }9 p! x, d9 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 $10 billion worth of goods. q2 e2 B3 H$ E3 z
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5 |1 p/ e9 F: y$ `4 ~Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) % l1 G$ M; @+ Q) z* g
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.3 ^+ j# l+ v4 ~8 |' w2 n
: a# t- V! |3 ]. N; E: LHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.3 w$ B9 \9 O, M. ]/ Q# V: Q
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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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7 _: ~4 U. z/ I) v* j" C+ sHe 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 $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. ! Q- s. l4 j) |! v9 x1 U/ K
" T6 F2 p6 z5 y6 s. {$ G: p; N4 EOne 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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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. * h q: [3 e' ~* [) z- ?
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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.3 Y) g- R" s7 F/ T; Y1 ?5 A
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