FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Death count mounts here in what could be geopolitical bloodshed
· Toronto Sun
Canada appears to be a good place to kill and a bad place to hide.
Combatants in every conflict on the planet have now brought the battlefront to these shores. Those whose agenda is more have discovered how easy it is to slide out of the country.
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No one is discussing this in the government, the RCMP, CSIS and certainly not the media. It’s open season on dissenters in this country. Recent allegations could be more examples of dissenters being targeted.
Remains discovered March 5
On Monday, two Iranian-Canadians appeared in a Port Coquitlam, B.C., court charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Iranian dissident Masood Masjoody, 45, a mathematician and teacher at Simon Fraser University. His remains were discovered in Mission on March 6.
Masjoody had feuded with his accused killers, political activists Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi, 48, of Maple Ridge, and Arezou Soltani, 45, of North Vancouver, for years. But he was unique in that he hated the current Islamic regime in Tehran but also the late Shah of Iran’s son, Reza Pahlavi, who appears to be the chosen one in the event the Islamists’ fall.
A publication ban was imposed on information emerging at their bail hearing. They are back in court March 25.
Initially, it was reported that his accused killers were alleged hitters for the Revolutionary Guards, but now that isn’t so clear.
Cops say the rubout was “targeted” and acknowledged ongoing tension between the trio.
Lotsa lawsuits
The dead man filed a slew of lawsuits in recent years on a wide-variety of grips. Among his targets were the two people accused of killing him, claiming they defamed and harassed him. Masjoody was declared a “vexatious litigant” by the B.C. Court of Appeal last year.
Peacock throne heir Reza Pahlavi said in affidavit he did not now his B.C. tormentor. He denied the allegeations and said “Mehdi Ahmadzadeh” was not affiliated with him or acting as his agent.
In Windsor, there have been no arrests in the suspected political murder of outspoken Khalistan critic Nancy Grewal, 45, on March 3 in LaSalle. She was stabbed to death.
Grewal had been the victim of a steady stream of harassment from supporters of Khalistani separatism. A fire had been set at her house months before. On Sunday, another fire was set at her home.
Well-known activist
“The Ontario Provincial Police is releasing surveillance video in partnership with the Windsor Police Service related to a targeted arson that may be connected to an ongoing homicide investigation,” OPP Sgt. Ed Sanchuk told CTV News.
According to reports in the Indian media, Grewal was a well-known Punjabi activist who was outspoken in her opposition to the Khalistan separatism movement. She carried her activism to Canada and it probably got her killed.
Her mother told the Indian Express that Grewal’s murder was allegedly part of a larger conspiracy involving three people, including one man from Windsor. She added her daughter had ID’d those she believed were threatening her life. Her family said that in an earlier incident, a man broke into her house but fled when he realized the CCTV cameras were filming him.
Flew the coop
Last week, British Columbia’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of 24-year-old Amarbir Singh. It may not do much good: It’s believed he’s hiding in India.
Singh had been in a relationship with 28-year-old Navdeep Kaur. She vanished in February 2024 and her remains were discovered in the Fraser River that July. Cops say the pair had been in a relationship.
“We believe he fled to India towards the end of 2024 after being interviewed by IHIT,” Sgt. Freda Fong told Global News in an email. “At the time, he was not chargeable.”
Fong added that Singh did not have a criminal record in Canada and few interactions with cops. IHIT said they are working with Indian counterparts to find Singh and return him to Canada to face justice.
But that’s easier than it sounds. Once a suspected criminal has fled or left the country, getting them back particularly from a nation in the developing world gets tougher.
Could take years
“If the pockets are deep, you buy top legal talent and you get years in a process,” lawyer Richard Kurland told Global News. “In addition, there are domestic safeguards. For example, in India, they have a process before putting a person on a plane to Canada, and so there is no deadline, there is no enforceable control. There are politics, diplomacy.”
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