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% \( a0 } L- }3 R' D( RFederal Court stays deportation of China's most wanted man
% n! p. ?& {7 W6 v7 T0 V4 m" sLast Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:05:08 EDT
5 q& w z& b e: u" L: lCBC News5 k! m* O9 Q/ z p
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 $10 billion worth of goods.
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$ }3 K3 U7 }6 R: l% i& wLai Changxing will be able to stay in Canada while appealing his deportation, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press) 8 Y' |! X2 A7 k% o7 [; y
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.9 f! ?0 \8 i' A7 R2 |7 u
' n1 ]2 l* J+ j5 x) KHis lawyer has said he will appeal the deportation to the United Nations if necessary.
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$ y/ ]% T0 f6 Z, }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.- K' k j, _( M" A. ~ l
+ ?1 Q+ L/ A2 N! N) \3 F1 m8 BHe 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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+ s% F6 ~( s; p# FChinese officials says Lai's company was a front for a $10 billion smuggling operation. His headquarters, the government alleges, was a pleasure palace where prostitutes entertained government officials.
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* r1 i; m) S+ ~0 q+ ^6 ROne top customs officer, and even Lai's own brother, testified against him. But his lawyer says their statements were obtained under threat of torture. 9 T& V+ q4 G+ h
[' l, a1 n( l! H4 G4 SCanada has received diplomatic assurances that Lai will be spared execution. But Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said Lai ought to be executed. / U* I$ N# ~. S( _6 Y1 a8 V
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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.8 K, f* c( K( t, j8 Q
9 S1 _2 f9 I7 j- |8 h) X* I/ z[ 本帖最后由 dogyear 于 2006-6-1 12:47 编辑 ] |
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