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& N) r& E$ H x2 C' E F/ kFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man; f* M: Z, ?. S% t4 B4 Q& }6 |
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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( H1 e) Q# S+ U* t- t& U* lA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
; G+ f: o- b" z$ P2 Z4 s7 ?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.5 t. S" W+ G4 y9 ?/ _1 w7 S
3 _0 n0 U' Z2 nHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.$ n2 ^( { y. i! E9 @3 `4 V
3 h6 E' ]9 n( Z% GLai, 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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( u; R7 Y$ J$ oHe 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. & X0 V: b9 `+ ~9 C
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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. - A+ U& g8 T& L4 b
+ W0 l7 w9 n' z, I( \9 aOne 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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# z f( b" C7 {6 l* M9 O% @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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& k# R( p( K6 O+ tFourteen 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.5 w7 `2 s* Y+ h* [4 G ~
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