Chinese man in Canada extradited to Japan over 1995 triple murder case

Canada's immigration officials need to do a better job screening their refugee claimants.

I would be cooperating fully if I were that chap.

What a weird reason for extradition. Can you also be extradited to Syria or Iran on the same charge if you're a premanent resident in Canada? Control systems seem a bix lax on all fronts in this case.

What a weird reason for extradition. Can you also be extradited to Syria or Iran on the same charge if you're a premanent resident in Canada? Control systems seem a bix lax on all fronts in this case.

As the person in question used a phony passport and a fake identity to obtain his permanent residency in Canada, his status as a resident is revokable. And after losing his residency, and having been found to have lied on his applications, Canada is not likely to want to keep him.

And, as Canada will not deport people wanted for capital crimes if they face the death penalty, Japan had to find another way to get him back. He has not been indicted on or charged with any other crime yet.

I wonder how long it will take him to "confess".

I lived in Tokyo at the time the crime occurred and remember the media coverage well. Japanese newspapers reported that police suspected the killer was foreign "due to the heinous nature of the crime", because no Japanese person could be so cold-blooded to kill three innocent females.

"As the person in question used a phony passport and a fake identity to obtain his permanent residency in Canada,"

Do you know that as a fact? Refugee seekers need no papers, money, etc. Many show up with literally nothing in their pockets.

In fact, the Tamil Tigers toss their passports and papers in the ocean as soon as their ships enter Canadian territory before arguing that they are victims of oppression, etc.. The last thing they want is for Canadian authorities to know who they actually are.

This is only the tip of a Big Iceberg. I have been told there are many Foreign Criminals living in Canada. This is probably due to the lax immigration policy of the Canadian Government.

Excellent. Thrust the sword of justice into that dragon's heart.

Japanese newspapers reported that police suspected the killer was foreign "due to the heinous nature of the crime", because no Japanese person could be so cold-blooded to kill three innocent females.

They definitely did not report it this way...

"They definitely did not report it this way..."

They did. I specifically recall crime writer Seicho Matsumoto commenting on the TV news at the time that the murderer was probably a foreigner.

I don't know if I agree with some of the comments concerning 'lax' immigration standards in Canada, because being a Canadian I'm a bit put off by anyone who jumps off that proverbial cliff without hard proof, and claiming Tamils throw their papers overboard when they enter Canadian waters on an illegal human-smuggling ship is either specious, or the writer was there and witnessed it. And since 1995 was a long time ago, and the suspect just might know something that will help police solve the problem, let it go! JT will undoubtedly follow the story and sooner or later we'll all know more. Hypothesizing prior to that point it speculative tabloidism.

"... claiming Tamils throw their papers overboard when they enter Canadian waters ...is either specious, or the writer was there and witnessed it."

That was a finding by Canadian federal authorities from their own investigation based on interviews and evidence, and cited by the federal prosecutor, Charles Hough. The feds also found the ship, Ocean Lady, had been registered to the navy of the Tamil Tigers, which Ottawa recognizes as a terrorist organization. But the refugee board let many of the men, former Tiger officers in, anyway.

But He Liang is a case in point. He had been living among other places in Japan and Hong Kong, two of Asia's more democratic societies. Gee, and I thought refugees are escaping "oppression." Clearly, Canada's immigration authorities were unable to recognize some glaring inconsistencies in his background. That speaks of absolute incompetence to me.

"Hypothesizing"? Yeah, right. LOL.