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/ [; k6 d& `( h) B, E. Z+ V1 mFederal 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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R. [+ p- c. p+ K. iLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) ( `0 R! f6 y4 ~* |
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.
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1 n9 p- G( I7 l0 w% j# u. a% oHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary./ B0 i( ^" R( \; I" l( ^" u
6 ` I; K( p& N _6 O* ULai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.
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He maintains he is just a fall guy in China's crackdown on corruption, but Canada's Immigration Department has ruled he is a fugitive and not a refugee. China said he is guilty of tax evasion and bribery. 8 d% d4 \& \6 s$ P J6 C* q8 j% t
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. + u/ ?7 m! A% f/ \, x% V h
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. % X$ k( w5 ?) V
% Q% g1 Y, `/ uCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 9 K" T" O1 t8 ~5 N
. ^4 m! E: F. R M7 CFourteen 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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