A businessman in Richmond, B.C., wanted by Chinese authorities for fraud, is suing the Canada Border Services Agency and Canada's attorney general for failing to disclose information he says could have helped his refugee claim.
Shiyuan Shen arrived in Canada in May 2007 but has been wanted in China since 2002. He's named on an Interpol warrant in relation to a $20-million fraud scheme involving a steel company he ran in Shanghai.
Shen, who owns a kitchen cabinet company, claims the charges were trumped up for political reasons.
In a B.C. Supreme Court notice of civil claim, he says the Crown "intentionally withheld" exculpatory information at his refugee hearing as well as proof that evidence against him was obtained through torture.
As a result, Shen claims he was denied asylum in 2013. A Federal Court judge has since ordered a new refugee hearing because of the withheld disclosure.
(CBC)
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