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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man. \7 v: h. z0 h, ]0 B6 M
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT ) `6 k4 W- B8 \9 s: I/ J
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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.
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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)
1 V" g' e- D' D% ]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.8 ]5 P: L: {. G; C
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.4 g6 a+ S/ |2 E7 P
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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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- x1 Y0 q9 x0 IHe 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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* d2 Q0 N, N: Q% MChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 9 c% y. H! V8 v$ w# N
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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. / ?) b7 s" h8 T/ o
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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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