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" K" ?# [# E( C8 ^ o4 [1 VFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
* X* n4 N. l8 b6 ]Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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. @4 M1 J8 Q2 k9 W: s% fA 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 $10 billion worth of goods.* j4 }1 G, o* } f7 u' Z
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9 l7 N+ b. {1 C$ \ g ALai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) + I. g) y8 _9 D( f+ M" L
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.
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M% L* ?/ K# T# x) }' zLai, 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, p- W; y! P7 a0 u1 A
5 n: Z9 X* G+ q D" u: 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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8 C5 d0 C" ~) O6 {3 p4 AChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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3 P4 }4 |( c/ s: K, p3 h, I$ ^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. " a8 x0 l* q& q. f9 J/ F
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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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6 D' E+ r# B1 d8 v& s# ]& KFourteen 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.5 Q- ]1 U: A! F6 Y8 _
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