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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man, Y: Y, ?7 o* a. J% ?3 S
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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6 Z/ u& s: Q. _ GA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
- R" m2 [0 I% }# _( H: O* KJustice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson said Lai should be allowed to remain in Canada while he launches further appeals to the federal deportation order — a process likely to take many months or longer.. C" Q8 M: K1 e+ s- B& [$ {& k
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.+ A4 J) w# v" f0 `
1 X: ^' Q6 m3 \6 ~8 NLai, 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.. p+ O/ T9 |& x# z9 I- {
: I/ i. k" F- s* V! s1 mHe 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. $ }; D: K% k4 p) @ t5 I- \0 Q
: y) ~2 _ O' V0 a0 s" ^Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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: A/ R$ b& K9 R8 |) AOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. $ I: N) t* Z& J( C/ O# W2 ?
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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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