www.theasianstar.com VOL 23 - ISSUE 18
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2024
2 gunmen threaten Surrey businessman in extortion racket A Surrey business owner said he was threatened inside his own office by two armed suspects. The owner, will not be naming for safety reasons, said he was ending his day on
Friday, when two masked men armed with guns arrived at his business. He said both of the men entered the store with one staying at the front of the store and the other headed into the back hallway. The armed man at the front of the store rounded up the employees and gathered them together. “The guy in the black hoodie and a black mask came to my office, he said, ‘Why are you not picking up my boss’ phone calls?’,” the owner told. Continued on Page 10...
Human smugglers used freight trains to smuggle people across border from BC
In the early hours of an August Monday morning in 2023, U.S. border officers noticed something strange in an X-ray of a rail car meant to be carrying bulk plastic pellets. What appeared to be a series of anomalies turned out to be 29 human beings. “Twenty-eight of the subjects were determined to be Mexican nationals,” David Spitzer, the special agent tasked with investigating the case swore in an affidavit filed in a Washington state court last week. “One was a Colombian national and identified as the individual guiding the group and instructing people where to hide and how to conceal themselves from law enforcement.” Spitzer’s account of the incident is part of a criminal complaint filed against two U.S. men in relation to what Homeland Security investigators claim is a human smuggling network. Continued on Page 2...
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Doctors sound alarm about Nanaimo hospital
Access to health care continues to be a concern for many living on Vancouver Island. According to the Fair Care Alliance, half of the island’s population currently receives only one-fifth of the health resources. Continued on Page 10...
Delhi heat ‘unbearable’ at 50 C as North India sizzles
Parts of northern and central India are sweltering under a severe heatwave, with a provisional record temperature of 52.3C (126.1F) registered in Delhi. If verified, it would be the highest ever recorded in India. More than 37 cities in the country recorded temperatures over 45C this week. Warnings of heat-related illnesses have been issued, with at least three deaths reported so far. The India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Soma Sen Roy told the BBC that a team had been sent to the Mungeshpur area in Delhi - where the 52.3C temperature was recorded - to verify it. The IMD described the recording as an “outlier compared to other stations”, which had recorded temperatures ranging from 45.2C to 49.1C in different parts of Delhi. The city’s authorities have warned they will issue fines to those caught wasting water as the city deals with shortages and supplies have been cut to some areas.
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