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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man2 s8 t( W- E" j- g! S. ?0 n0 h
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 1 _5 v- Y+ G/ h! B. s( l
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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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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% g7 h% X& ^/ w4 ?Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
& X( a" B2 h, z% t# I. tJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.* v6 a" H6 j4 Q$ c9 ~: z, T
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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/ I0 U; k" v3 I& f4 r: I! P8 jLai, 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.
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; u3 A( s( P5 c, @+ ^* k9 mChinese 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. 4 l: H! H. {% X4 e
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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. . F) Q6 P1 H2 d' ~6 q3 C" r1 q5 y+ e
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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.
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