Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 15, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Fri 2000 local As flin by Kim Guttormson an immigrant smuggling ring involving a Winnipeg Man and said to have connections to High ranking chinese officials will go to trial in Detroit Early in the new Hyo Young Peter a local Immi Grant consultant and has been charged with smuggling chinese immigrants into the United states through the Detroit Airport and bribing an immigration the business of sneaking humans into North America is the court Case alleges that a government agent was paid for his help in bring ing 425 people four Hundred chinese passports with visas would have a Street value of about Winnipeg Man Peter Park facing charges in Detroit described As a pillar of win Nipges korean owns the purple Lilac and Green Park grocery in Winnipeg he also owns Hanna an immigrant recruitment and consulting Gina spokeswoman for the attorneys office in said jury selection for the trial of Park and five others will begin while the lawyer for one of the defendants has notified prosecutor Barbara Mcquade that they May ask for an Vitrano said it want Clear Why they wanted one or whether it would be she said the matter would Likely have to be dealt with before the holidays because the court Date is so when reached Park would not comment on the upcoming court Park was arrested in May in a hotel near the Detroit where hed allegedly agreed to pick up chinese pass ports that contained entry it was the end of a five month sting operation dubbed project squeeze the indictment against Park alleges that he and others bribed an immigration inspector who was pretending to be corrupt to provide them with entry the indictment says those visas were then placed into chinese passports and used to walk chinese citizens through immigration at the Detroit Park accompanied 16 illegal Immi Grants on two occasions last the indictment it also alleges he paid the immigration inspector in two men from the fijian province in China were also named in the indict but have not been brought to the United states to stand about 600 migrants fled the province last arriving on the Shore in rust ing in those people trying to get to Canada paid Snake Heads Chi Nese gang members about to arrange their the Globe and mail reported that the group Park is alleged to have connections to High ranking government and army officials in Park has also come under fire for bringing 37 thai women to work in win Nipges garment Industry they exploiting the woman charged that Park put them in living conditions they found had Access to their Bank accounts and charged them 10 per cent of their Gross earnings for personal the International Centre helped the women leave and find new a commode Park is suing the women for breach ing contracts they Bob president of Western Glove where the women said they seem to be doing Western Glove is helping the women defend themselves against Parks Law pork Industry enlists help to build set standards Canadian Council hires Cha to develop environmental criteria by Bud Robertson in an Effort to build Trust in a beleaguered Indus hog operations across Canada could soon require a stamp of approval from the Canadian standards the Cha has been awarded a contract from the Canada pork Council to develop Canad wide standards on environmental management sys terns within the pork it would be a third party recognition that the environmental measures that Are happening on your farm meet a Cha said Marcel chairman of the Manitoba pork the Council yesterday released the results of an Itsos Reid conducted this past which found that while More than half of Mani to bans have a Overall impression of hog the same number said they feel the Industry is environmentally those opinions have changed Little since a Sim Ilar Survey on the hog Industry was conducted in october and said is a Public relations Battle that is constantly being fought by the pork Council to try to convince the Public that regulations Are in place and Are being it is frustrating to not have that said the Survey of 500 Manitoban split equally Between Rural and Urban respondents also found that Many dont have Confidence in the government to keep an Eye on the hog they would have Confidence in that third said and were hoping that the Cha would be recognized As that third in 84 per cent of those surveyed in july said the proposed environmental certification program would have the potential to partially or completely address their concerns about the the standards could be in place within the next three to five those with negative impressions of hog f Arm ing cited concerns about water contamination and Many of the respondents who said they believed hog farming was unfriendly to the environment also didst feel knowledgeable about hog farming and had concerns about the governments ability to enforce not those who live in the Rural areas had a far More negative impression of hog farming than their Urban 92 per cent of Manitoban said they feel pork is a Safe product to those who dont cited the use of results from a recent poll suggest that More than half of Manitoban believe the hog Industry is environmentally steroids or unspecified less than five per cent were concerned with e Coli or other bacterial As 57 per cent of respondents said they feel hogs Are Well treated on Manitoba while those in the Urban areas were More Likely than their Rural counterparts to say hogs Are treated the Survey is considered accurate to within plus or minus percentage 95 per cent of the results of province wide consultations on the hog conducted earlier this Are not expected to be ready until Early in the new search ended for love boys Smith the search for the Bass guitarist of Canadian Rock group love boy has been officially called Scott was in a Sailboat near san fran discos Golden Gate Bridge on 30 when he was swept overboard by an eight metre Smith grew up in Winnipeg and got his Start in the music business playing for local bands like Hurri Cane the san Francisco coast guard continued its search for Smith until a private search and Rescue company hired by the family continued to search for three More with a sad heart we write this to All who loved Scott although every Effort was made to find and save our soul he was not said love boy Lead Singer Mike Reno in an official state ment released this is a time of great sadness for All of us in his and All that knew love boy has cancelled several tour dates this but Reno said the future of the band is not yet a Tollfree number has been set up for condolence messages for band and family members of Smith at cards and condolences should be sent to 1653 Columbia North in lieu of Flowers or the family has asked that donations be made to the society for Preven Tion of cruelty to family and friends will be holding a private Mony to reflect and celebrate Smiths life this week end in an undisclosed standoff ends peacefully on Reserve after braving Bon chilling temperatures an ramp emergency response team wrapped up an armed standoff on a Reserve 250 kilo metres Northwest of Winnipeg without an unidentified and a woman believed to be his common Law were holed up in an apartment on the first nation near located South of Riding Mountain National Park on provincial Highway ramp spokesman Steve Saunders said police negotiators spoke to the couple for about 15 minutes by Telephone before they gave themselves up at about 50 Reserve residents were evacuated from the apart ment House and surrounding Homes Early yesterday thirty officers from sur rounding detachments joined the Effort led by the team from win including police hostage the standoff started before Dawn when a shot was fired inside the police said a fight broke out Between two men during a party about 5 in a six suite apart ment building on the they said one of the men got a Rifle and fired a Saunders said witnesses will be questioned before charges Are it was not known last 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