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% Q& D9 ? U& A+ n$ i. _/ DFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man6 ^9 ^' C! y( t0 @4 R" q2 ?/ v
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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; @) T+ G: D6 ^1 m, u5 KA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.4 d G# ^& v$ O+ q6 P' y
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$ K# x2 c% q1 ?! O! V2 h( L5 ILai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 0 }+ K: P; r% _1 C
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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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary./ N6 W8 g/ v1 d2 x& D' S
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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.
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9 f; i9 M: E' D8 n1 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. & \# d1 c7 E. P; p) M
4 `& Q$ x; d3 E' Z/ T" gChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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One top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 3 s" v* F# a- R, T6 ], O6 K
4 X$ V/ F) \9 \; z; g/ q5 I4 O4 yCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. 5 ~& ?2 O, j- r& u
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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.8 q: i9 p, F, u5 Z1 K) V+ |
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