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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man K9 Z. v5 e% c+ v
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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: J! t* }: \+ f- M% O& i- UA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) * {" ~( I. O8 S" G5 R
Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.( M1 _0 v/ Y5 q9 J6 R* @
6 @( H# G0 l6 x2 q1 ^0 wHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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; p+ r* c. O" v- b. WLai, a billionaire who has been living in Vancouver and fighing the deportation order for years, claims he will be killed if he was deported back to China.3 D" y& h( @& D' e6 I
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He maintains he is just a fall guy in China's crackdown on corruption, but Canada's Immigration Department has ruled he is a fugitive and not a refugee. China said he is guilty of tax evasion and bribery. % v# ^ a6 Y/ d6 ]# E" {; H
' [, q8 @% C. B$ S9 d+ TChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 7 n% v2 |, n8 h; _# f! ^* ?
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. * s' x+ j' Z* [5 {
. b3 e) P2 Y1 }0 BCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. , g7 A$ T& w/ ?/ B, H( f- x6 }
1 N+ T' z3 W% [, a; p8 K. `' }% m! vFourteen 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.5 C2 H- M+ N' `( s
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