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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man 
, F1 x0 k$ B) yLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT  
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2 [# A- P3 c. s4 f* 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 $10 billion worth of goods.$ y' `- t, V6 {1 U 
 
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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)  % w+ ?0 J- c0 ~/ y: A) i7 X0 A/ b0 d0 u 
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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  V; p* t7 N% F1 {: {8 Q( ?; }His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary. 
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5 t0 c- Q! e2 E& x# L% i( bLai, 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.! ]: T) \8 l  G) `4 Y/ R 
 
$ U" J6 z! z# l9 z9 I- B: iHe 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. $ g) {, ]( n8 i' q  U  } 
 
& l0 `: k1 Y$ S+ h6 x" g7 U  EChinese 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. + o) M; _: A/ C; _" 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. - D; [; `7 X. N9 Q- U6 I& G4 H2 O/ D 
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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.( z* k( w! n& l( U5 Z/ h. ]/ ^ 
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