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JULY 25 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com
Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Jane Shin has seen her duties expand as part of the NDP’s shadow cabinet. See Page A4
Local man sought on terrorism charge
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The sale of a milk plant in the Edmonds area to a dairy company will have no impact on a major residential redevelopment planned for the area, says its developer. See Story on Page A5.
Kickboxing school still under fire Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
A North Burnaby kickboxing school still hasn’t paid fines or issued refunds months after being ordered to do so by Consumer Protection BC (CPBC). The City of Burnaby is now also investigating complaints against the school. Meanwhile, the complaints
continue to pile up. KFitness Burnaby, which also does business as Sport Kickboxing Academy, is located at 4715 Hastings St. CPBC issued a compliance order in March stating the school failed to issue refunds to two customers within 15 days of being notified they were cancelling their contracts. It also entered into verbal contracts and written contracts that didn’t provide the required information, both violations of the B.C. law governing such contracts.
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It ordered the school to pay $4,700 in refunds and penalties. As reported in the NewsLeader at the time, KFitness owner Arleo Dordar, 27, said he paid out the refunds of almost $2,200 but planned to appeal the penalties, calling the process unfair. But as of this week, Consumer Protection BC says no fines have yet been paid nor have any refunds been issued. It filed compliance orders in B.C. Supreme Court last week. After the CBC aired a story
recently on complaints against the school, another 10 former clients came forward with allegations over being refused refunds, overbilling and contract disputes. Burnaby resident Niko Chan, 22, told the NewsLeader he was a member at the school for two years before he was hired as an assistant instructor. He said he didn’t have an employment contract but was to be paid cash. Please see CITY CAN CANCEL BUSINESS LICENCE, A3
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A Burnaby man is being sought by RCMP after becoming the first person charged under a section of Canada’s new anti-terrorism laws. Hasibullah Yusufzai, 25, was charged July 17 by the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team with leaving Canada to take part in terrorist activity, according to an RCMP press release. Yusufzai is alleged to have left the country on Jan. 21, 2014 to “commit an offence for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a terrorist group.” RCMP say he is “known to have travelled to Syria to join Islamist fighters.” As it is an ongoing investigation, RCMP would not comment further other than it is working actively with its international partners. This is the first charge under Section 83.201 of the Criminal Code, a new tool for police to fight terrorism, which came into effect in July 2013. It is now a crime to leave or attempt to leave the country to participate in terrorist activity. “This investigation underscores the reality that there are individuals leaving Canada to take part in terrorist activity,” said the RCMP’s Assistant Commissioner James Malizia. wchow@ burnabynewsleaader.com