Reply #138: Lawyer's sister a key witness at S. African's hearing [View All]

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Ottawa is challenging refugee board's ruling
Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 8:14 PM ET
By Krista Erickson, CBC News

... "It is rather strange that a great deal of the testimony of this case is attributed to hearsay evidence of Mr. Kaplan's sister, Laura, who is not even the primary applicant in this case," said Anesh Maistry, a spokesman for the South African High Commission in Ottawa ...

Details of Laura Kaplan's testimony weren't meant to be public, but were inadvertently revealed in documents provided to CBC News by Russell Kaplan. Kaplan's office attempted to black out sections of the panel's ruling containing his sister's testimony. The redactions weren't carried out properly and the text underneath is visible ...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/09/03/refugee-south-africa-white-0903.html