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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man4 H- w, u4 A) u" h
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
; x9 @2 S+ S- Z/ Q" ]0 `Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer." F2 A8 H# Y6 B ?5 d# [; O6 R: b
7 W5 M; z% J' S. M5 k" _$ [ lHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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% r% e2 }: V1 R; v8 [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.) Q+ V( r' V( ~" V$ O, }
3 |. B+ |+ g) E/ jHe 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. ! C( O/ ^" a- ?9 n+ R
) w1 g! a, E7 Z9 X5 |2 XChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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3 G" l2 q" Q6 Y1 _) ^: Y0 I* \One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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2 `( q' T, B' {* p; ICanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. : b1 `$ h' X1 t
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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.
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