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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
: G1 h+ T# r, L, ]8 L n9 LLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT / \6 e+ G4 O6 P& V: j
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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$ _1 ?- L0 g* V2 O* u! w* a. P9 f2 ]Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
5 \% I9 R. o+ i0 s5 B' m+ cJustice 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.4 ]# ^" @6 `/ E7 D( y" a) |
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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9 f+ e$ P" l e6 L; |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.% l" t0 ]) P" \' ^( i% @1 R: X' K
9 U Z4 ` I u) K; F D2 e" qHe 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. / i6 n8 `' a" K; O a+ q
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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. 5 T+ U5 H' e! G1 X& D( z/ S# F
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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.
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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.- @- [) H U+ C) a1 M% P
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