Subject: TOO BAD ZÜNDEL ISN'T A GANGSTER & FRAUDSTER
Toronto Sun
February 16, 2004
An alleged Tamil gangleader, labelled a
"trained terrorist assassin" by
police, is being given another chance to stay in Canada. The Federal
Court
of Canada has granted Niranjan Claude Fabian, 36, a new hearing to
prove
he's not a danger to the public, as he was deemed in 1998.
If Fabian is ruled a danger at the hearing, he will be deported to
another
country except Sri Lanka, where he'd be killed. If not, he will
remain in
Canada, his lawyer said yesterday.
The court, in a decision obtained Friday, said Fabian was identified
by a
Toronto Police Tamil task force in 1998 as a former assassin for the
outlawed Tamil Tigers, a known terrorist group in Sri Lanka.
He's "second or third in command of the VVT, a known Tamil gang
active in
the Toronto area," the task force said,.
Fabian was jailed for 16 months in 1998 for fraud, counselling to
commit
murder and having a forged passport.
At that time, Justice James Russell said Fabian will resort to
violence to
protect his interest in the illicit trade of passports.
"Innocent people could have been harmed," Russell said.
"His criminal
mindset discloses little respect for the law."
Immigration officials said Fabian can help terrorists and other
criminals
enter Canada through the use of his forged passports.
Fabian told court the Tigers had issued a warrant for his death if
he
returned to Sri Lanka. His lawyer, Joel Sandaluk, said Fabian is
being
detained and will have a detention hearing in two weeks.
