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; X3 C$ X: R: o& l# O& }1 @& Z4 s% lFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man4 q& j6 M2 x4 s# G
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
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' L5 J: @- A* ]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.7 S, Z( K. {. F9 ~
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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) 7 w8 a, ^2 I Z' Q2 W6 {' ^7 Z
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.5 J0 v7 e3 W6 E' G* f% W
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His lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.- B+ x& Y0 m; M7 S
% N1 q+ E" @2 H: VLai, 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.' K/ T7 p5 `5 D6 I
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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. 3 V2 o6 \& {9 w( R5 L0 h/ X/ G
; O3 L1 _# d( |1 v) U3 DChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials. 4 V- I& e1 E$ L; _ p
; A" x0 w. v3 G3 `; kOne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 2 v# X1 Q1 `% c: J' Q
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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. 4 a% R6 M8 S2 @% P6 s5 C! E
4 }" y) T' R1 K+ H" l8 P2 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.* L* p- G3 B5 Z5 B5 M. X" o
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