Lawyers representing Absar Chaudhry’s family call the decision by the Ontario coroner’s office to hold an inquest a ‘game-changer’
In a rare move, the Ontario coroner’s office will hold an inquest into the death of an officer cadet at Kingston’s Royal Military College, forcing public scrutiny on a case that would typically be investigated by the military behind closed doors.
Since his death, they learned Absar had stopped attending classes in mid-November, that he had been singled out and assigned daily supplementary physical training and had been called in for a performance review. He had also applied for leave without pay, something he hadn’t told his family. A discretionary inquest can be called when the coroner determines there is enough information to support one, it’s in the public interest to have “an open and full hearing” into the circumstances of a death, and a jury could make useful recommendations to prevent further deaths
“Minister Blair shares the family’s goal of identifying what happened and determining how tragedies like this can be prevented in the future,” said spokesperson Daniel Minden.
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