A Toronto accused of spying

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Saturday, 29 July, 2017 14:58

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Saturday, 29 July, 2017 14:58

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TORONTO | The federal government tries to withdraw the permanent residence of a Toronto man, whom he accused of spying both for the account of China and Taiwan.

Yang Wang, aged 39, arrived in Canada in 1998 as an international student, reported on Friday the newspaper Toronto Star.

The chinese national has studied at Seneca College and York University before obtaining his permanent residency in 2006.

It is the Agency of Canada border services (CBSA), which has first requested that the permanent residence of Wang him to be withdrawn in 2014. The Agency deemed ineligible due to espionage activities alleged to the Office of military Intelligence, the spy agency of Taiwan, and the Ministry of State Security of China.

“This is totally false, said Wang, a small recycling contractor and father of two children, in an interview to the daily toronto. I’ve never been a spy. In 19 years in Canada, I’ve always avoided having to do with community groups, associations or parties.”

In its decision to deny the federal government the withdrawal of permanent resident status to Wang, commissioner Harry Adamidis, has shown that committing an act of espionage does not make Wang will automatically be ineligible.

“The spying application to collect information from spying or infiltrating. The collection of information that does not involve espionage or infiltration, does not constitute espionage,” he said in his decision. It must be demonstrated that the espionage act has been made against Canada or canadian interests.”

The federal government has appealed the decision to the appeal Division of the immigration.