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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
/ z# R+ g. I8 Z) \Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT " _) h J' `/ E5 ]6 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 $10 billion worth of goods.+ j$ ^4 [) X- k( K& o) t
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: u' Z7 _/ _' hLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
2 U6 e/ ^0 W& T# e8 fJustice 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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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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9 G" [2 r1 P7 x; RLai, 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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! }! V, L4 q& n/ P; ]1 U$ 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. 8 w, o2 b6 q- o' Z! u. N& J9 p
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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Canada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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) l# L* s- s9 x) S$ |' }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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