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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man" W5 Y, `1 j5 _6 `5 k* v5 k
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT 5 ^ b2 ]) g3 ~. r1 i4 j
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. `: m6 e& H$ l5 t: p" b" e, jA 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." D3 g* \( r! x) t3 M! h$ j
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! a9 ]$ P+ F( s" b5 E9 A0 A' m/ uLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)
# \: k$ d* E1 }+ I. `0 M5 HJustice 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.
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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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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. ! t! n+ d- h7 |, S* X& J
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Chinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 8 P$ M7 S5 r/ y) s% q
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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. W' c5 B$ Z% o% U4 t5 f0 B+ Z
( T1 C1 o4 k* ~2 YCanada 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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W1 R5 A( D/ 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.; Q. I+ j7 b5 h0 n1 a, V
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