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Federal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
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$ z& \2 h% P ?) P2 _2 B. xA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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Lai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 8 d! i3 |: V$ R, T( K
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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' F! w- B8 x i$ u1 h8 [+ b9 YHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.+ [: k6 g- \! ?8 i K3 @* s, o
; G5 |# }/ h+ s/ b& a/ h# d3 hLai, 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.9 ?( u8 C/ v; p9 g- Z; Q. [: }' y
+ w/ P. a2 a3 v% S' ?) L, DHe 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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9 z* R8 |7 }& z4 oChinese 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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7 B8 y J0 A2 `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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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.2 x8 S5 V) ^# n5 z- s2 M0 {+ l
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