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| Pakistani man accused of planning Toronto attack kept in custody |
| 2015-03-17 |
| [DAWN] A Pak man accused of planning to bomb the U.S. consulate in Toronto and other targets in the city's financial district will remain in jug pending an immigration review in April, Canadian media reported on Monday. Jahanzeb Malik, 33, said little as he appeared by videolink before the brief immigration hearing at a jail in Lindsay, Ontario, northeast of Toronto, the reports said. He was told he would be detained until his next hearing on the grounds he may be "a danger to the public". The Canadian government, which has said Malik was inspired by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... , is seeking to deport him as a security threat rather than charge him with criminal offenses. That strategy has been criticised as irresponsible by human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... lawyers. The deportation process can take months but the threshold for proof of guilt is far lower than in criminal law. Malik's next review hearing is set for April 14, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said. Malik was befriended by an undercover Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer during a long investigation into the activities of the former student, who has a record of travel to Pakistain and allegedly underwent combat training in Libya, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said last week. The accusations against him have not been proven in court, and Malik's lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment. |
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