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2 }% m' A+ q+ W9 g8 tFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
) [4 T% d5 _- h. T/ F% w) ~$ U8 kLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 9 ^1 u) i7 S( ]$ R7 k& y2 y
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0 Y. w: A4 F: h* dA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.8 B5 Y$ Y8 ~2 b, K, u5 F' R" p- S: Z
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: d. t# {( ] _9 cLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
3 C0 S" l! }+ C7 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.# T( l9 |, B4 A0 e
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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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.8 p2 l" ^. p0 v- ?* x. J0 c
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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. 1 l3 F0 i ~* h$ c
8 x2 [9 n- l9 ^* k7 @, X# sChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. - g, p. ]0 u8 L$ [* F' Y9 Y
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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.
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! W; c3 @5 F! l+ T( K( ?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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