www.theasianstar.com VOL 23 - ISSUE 17
SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2024
Court sides with BC over Police transition but Surrey may appeals The B.C. Supreme Court has overturned the City of Surrey’s judicial review petition aimed at stopping Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth’s decision the RCMP must be replaced by the Surrey Police Service. The City of Surrey will continue to transition to the Surrey Police Service. “People in Surrey want this to be over. I am hopeful that today’s ruling is the time to come together to complete the transition to the Surrey Police Service,”
Farnworth said. “The safety of people in Surrey and across British Columbia has always been my main priority. Every action I have taken has been rooted in ensuring safe and effective policing so that when people call 911, help is on the way.” Farnworth said he hopes the City of Surrey wants to meet the province “at the table” to continue this transition and there will not be any further disruptions. Continued on Page 10...
Surrey home to too many dangerous sex offenders, says mayor
The province says it is reviewing how B.C. Corrections and police notify the public when a dangerous sex offender is released from prison, amid concerns from Surrey’s mayor and Board of Trade that their city is home to too many dangerous sex offenders who have earned release from prison. In a post on the City of Surrey website, Mayor Brenda Locke said she was writing both federal and provincial ministers responsible for public safety to demand a “comprehensive review of the laws pertaining to sentencing, release, and monitoring of dangerous sex offenders with a high risk of re-offending.” Locke pointed to three alerts issued by the Surrey RCMP in the past six weeks about recently released sex offenders now living in Surrey, and called the situation “unconscionable.” Continued on Page 10...
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Man accused of trying to kill Sikh separatist leader, closer to being extradited to USA The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic has okayed the extradition of Nikhil Gupta to the US, over an alleged plot to assassinate an USbased Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Gupta is in jail in Prague since June last year following a detention done at the request of the US. A final decision on his extradition will be taken by Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blazek. Gupta’s please against extradition was dismissed by the Czech court – based at Prague. Continued on Page 14...
‘If you were in Pakistan, I would have kidnapped you’ says Toronto Cab driver to woman passenger
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A video of scary conservation between a cab driver and a woman in Canada has gone viral. The cab driver--believed to be of Pakistan origin--told the woman passenger that if this were in Pakistan, he would have kidnapped her. The exchange has sparked outrage and triggered a debate on social media. The incident took place in Toronto. In the video, the driver is heard said, “If you were born in Pakistan...I’m from Pakistan,... you would have been kidnapped by now.” “Toronto Uber driver tells passenger if they were in Pakistan he would k*dnap her,” read the caption of the post.