Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance
Media Advisory

Filipinos call for independent investigation of RCMP and accountability for racial profiling

February 23, 2009

 
As the four RCMP officers involved in the stun gun-related death of Robert Dziekanski began testifying at the Braidwood Inquiry and amidst calls for increased police resources to deal with “gang-related violence,” the local Filipino community warns against more racial profiling. They also continue to call for a thorough independent investigation and police accountability for the RCMP's treatment of the family of homicide victim Charle Dalde.

A press conference will take place this Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Kalayaan Centre (451 Powell Street and Jackson Ave. , Vancouver ). Speakers will include Cezar Dalde, father of Charle Dalde the 25 year-old youth killed in Richmond last year, Carlo Sayo, National Chair of the Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance , and David Eby, Acting Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. 

Since the tragic death of Charle Dalde on March 18th, 2008 the Dalde Family have yet to receive a public apology for the unnecessary rough and traumatizing treatment they received from the Richmond RCMP immediately following Charle’s death.

The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has confirmed that it will be conducting a review of the RCMP's treatment of the family of homicide victim Charle Dalde. The purpose in requesting the independent review is that the review of the Richmond RCMP's conduct will lead to "public acknowledgement by the RCMP that their conduct in this case was inappropriate, and an assurance that different procedures will be followed in future cases involving the families of victims of crime."
 
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For more information, please call: Ayex Bathan, Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance at: ph: 604-215-1103 or e-mail: ukpc_fcya@kalayaancentre.net

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