Two men accused of organizing the MV Sun Sea's journey to Canada appear in B.C. Provincial Court in Vancouver on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. It was their first appearance on that charge. Lesly Jana Emmanuel is on the left, with Kunarobinson Christhurajah seated beside him. Jane Wolsak

Men charged with helping to organize MV Sun Sea voyage appear in court
SUNNY DHILLON
VANCOUVER— From Thursday’s Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, May. 16, 2012 9:00PM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, May. 16, 2012 9:09PM EDT

Dressed in red prison-issued clothing, listening intently as a Tamil interpreter translated the proceedings, two men charged with helping organize the MV Sun Sea’s voyage into Canada made a brief appearance in Vancouver Provincial Court.

Kunarobinson Christhurajah and Lesly Jana Emmanuel were each charged this week with one count of organizing entry into Canada contrary to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Both men face penalties of life in prison and/or a $1-million fine.

Mr. Christhurajah and Mr. Emmanuel did not address the court during their first appearance Wednesday. The men stood behind a glass barrier in the prisoner’s box and followed the hearing through the interpreter. They remain in custody and will be back in court June 5 for a bail hearing.

Mountie claims mental illness when wife was shot
By Tony Blais, QMI Agency

RCMP Const. Tirth Sehmbi in undated frame grab from Youtube.

EDMONTON – A former RCMP officer accused of shooting his wife to death at their Edmonton home is seeking to be found not guilty as a result of being mentally ill at the time.

Tirth Sehmbi, 39, is charged with second-degree murder in the July 10, 2010, slaying of Rajpinder Kaur Sehmbi.

In Court of Queen’s Bench Friday, defence lawyer Mike Danyluik said an agreed statement of facts would be submitted in the case on Sept. 17 and the matter would then proceed to a contested hearing to decide whether or not Sehmbi should be found not priminally responsible.

In earlier court proceedings, Sehmbi could be seen visibly shaking as he sat handcuffed and shackled.

RCMP Const. Tirth Sehmbi in undated frame grab from Youtube.

Sehmbi has been held in custody at Alberta Hospital and there have been previous court orders for psychiatric assessments to determine whether he was a potential candidate for a not criminally responsible finding.

The 30-year-old victim was found dead in the southeast Edmonton home the couple shared with their two young sons. The boys were not home at the time of the death. 

Credit card ring A Quebec Provincial Police officer shows some of the confiscated credit cards and technology at a news conference Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

Quebec debit card ring defrauds 22,000
Montreal-based ring linked to Vancouver, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Tunisia
CBC News Posted: May 9, 2012 7:13 AM ET Last Updated: May 9, 2012 10:04 PM ET

Investigators allege the suspects altered pin pads in commercial businesses and captured customer’s data. (Radio-Canada)

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Police in Quebec have arrested 45 people and seized more than 12,000 counterfeit bank cards in raids on an international fraud ring that cloned cards and pilfered cash from victims’ accounts.

“We believe that we’ve put an end to a significant operation that was in operation here in the province,” said Supt. Guy Pilon of the RCMP.
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“Internationally, it is a reality that is obviously evident in all countries today. The advent of the technology creates opportunity for the public, but also for criminal organizations that want to defraud individuals.”

The network was based in Montreal, but worked with accomplices in Vancouver, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Tunisia and the United Kingdom.

Facebook /Ramanan Mylvaganam pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He faces up to 15-year imprisonment.

U.S. wants 15 years for Toronto man convicted in Tamil Tigers terror plot
Stewart Bell Apr 30, 2012 – 7:43 AM ET | Last Updated: Apr 30, 2012 7:44 AM ET

Ramanan Mylvaganam pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He faces up to 15-year imprisonment.
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Canadian who pleaded guilty to terrorism conspiracy for his role in a plot to supply separatist rebels in Sri Lanka.

In a sentencing report filed in a Brooklyn, N.Y. court, U.S. attorney Loretta Lynch said Ramanan Mylvaganam had committed “a gravely serious offence” by attempting to procure equipment for the Tamil rebels.

“Any sentence other than a substantial sentence of incarceration risks undermining respect for the law by suggesting that a defendant can evade serious punishment for providing material support to a terrorist organization,” she wrote.

IHIT Cpl. Adam Macintosh told the media that a deceased male was found in a rented a basement suite at a residence at 12432 70th Ave. in, Surrey, Thursday, May 03 2012. IHIT will continue to investigate for 24 hours to determined the cause. Photograph by: Les Bazso, PNG

Two fatal shootings in Metro Vancouver in as many days prompt outcry from families, police
Politicians, victim’s mom call for public release of gangster information, posters
By Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun May 4, 2012

IHIT Cpl. Adam Macintosh told the media that a deceased male was found in a rented a basement suite at a residence at 12432 70th Ave. in, Surrey, Thursday, May 03 2012. IHIT will continue to investigate for 24 hours to determined the cause.
Photograph by: Les Bazso , PNG

Two fatal shootings in two days have politicians and a victim’s mom calling for police to publicly release more information about violent gangsters who threaten community safety — including posters with their photos.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was working Thursday night to identify a man shot to death in a Surrey basement suite near 124th Street and 70th Avenue.

The slaying came just a day after notorious Vancouver gangster Ranjit Singh Cheema, 43, was executed in a drive-by shooting in front of his parents’ home on East 61st Avenue.

Poonam Patel, a community counsellor, has been talking to the teen about her situation. Patel said there are many others like her.

Toronto-area teen shares domestic abuse story
CBC News Posted: May 2, 2012 4:56 PM ET Last Updated: May 2, 2012 6:27 PM ET

A teen in the Greater Toronto Area who has experienced domestic abuse is shining a light on an issue encountered by many new immigrant women, community counsellors say.

The teen, whose identity is not being disclosed by CBC in order to protect her, emigrated from India a few years ago with her family.

The family keeps to themselves, and the teen is literally kept under lock and key.

The girl said that when her parents leave their home, they lock the door and take the keys with them. She has no social life, no privacy and doesn’t get to choose which clothes she can wear to school.
Counsellor Poonam Patel has been talking to the unidentified teen about her situation. (CBC)

She has been beaten by her father, and is fearful when he drinks.