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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man2 \( {7 \3 {" V6 ^! _: }
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.1 U8 b Z# F0 c# R/ \
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1 V7 X, e. r2 y3 N( h9 L+ zLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) $ P( G+ i8 l _! Q5 i8 x5 o
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.
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! K) Y. m1 [& R/ N mHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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, W8 X+ U# M5 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.# [) W9 b& r- c# l- y
. u9 }1 F6 i8 B% G3 qHe 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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1 Z, _' t; T; t. q" tChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture.
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. o8 |7 z/ B% o; A4 ~! Y) dCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed.
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Fourteen people have already been sentenced to death in the smuggling scandal and Lai is convinced he will be killed in prison if Canada deports him.$ j5 ?5 v: J7 s3 M: ]! T+ V
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