I am at a loss to understand why the IRB continuously gives the benefit of the doubt to this dangerous character who is a menace to society. What are they thinking? Why has he not been deported yet?
Man facing deportation again out of jail
Stephane Massinon
Calgary Herald
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A suspected gang associate has again been released from custody.
On Friday, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada ruled in favour of Nghia Trong Tran, also known as Jackie Tran, saying he did not violate the terms of his release conditions.
Calgary police announced his arrest Oct. 29 after allegedly spotting him breaking his curfew the previous weekend after a fight at a bar.
However, the board ruled it was not Tran who police spotted getting into a vehicle, but likely his friend.
The week before his arrest, police said they were worried about public safety with Tran out on Calgary streets.
Tran has been ordered deported and is currently appealing that decision.
The Immigration and Refugee Board said phone records show Tran was likely at home, as required under his curfew, and talking to his girlfriend the night of the fight.
Tran's mother also testified he was home that night.
At the Nov. 6 hearing, a police officer testified he was 100 per cent certain it was Tran getting into the vehicle. But board panel member Marc Tessler said the officer did not notice a visible scar on Tran's face and therefore concluded it was not him the officer spotted.
"The intervening arrest, I have determined, was unwarranted," wrote Tessler.
After his late October arrest, Calgary police Chief Rick Hanson said he worried the man with suspected gang ties could soon be released.
"I'm sure they'll find another reason to let him out on bail. It's just unbelievable," he said at the time.
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