Khamla Wong, aka Khamla Siharaj, is wanted in Canada and the U.S., but still allegedly involved in international drug smuggling.
Two B.C. men now in prisons in China and Thailand on serious drug charges were allegedly working for an international fugitive wanted in both Canada and the U.S., Postmedia has learned.
Critics charged the death penalty was being used to retaliate against Canada after the Vancouver arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who the U.S. wants extradited on fraud-related charges. Wong was arrested in Thailand in 2016 on drug-trafficking charges. He was mysteriously released some time later without explanation.
He was charged in 2012 after a lengthy investigation by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit in B.C. “It’s unfortunate that a guy who is on the run from North American authorities with Interpol warrants out for him, who at one time in the last few years was in custody of a police agency, continues to evade us and multiple jurisdictions who want to try him,” Houghton said.
Former UN gang members who testified at two recent B.C. gang trials described Wong as a “respected elder” closely aligned with, but not a member of, their gang. The 53-page indictment alleges Wong, who changed his name from Khamla Siharaj, was one of the purchasers of bulk cocaine, which would be delivered to him in Canada from California.
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