Chinese-Canadian mogul says 'erroneous' high-level security leaks have made his life 'unlivable'
CTV
Chinese-Canadian banking mogul Shenglin Xian is demanding the RCMP find the source of national security leaks that used 'manufactured intelligence' and 'erroneous embellishment' to portray him and his company as potential conduits of foreign interference.
Chinese-Canadian banking mogul Shenglin Xian is demanding the RCMP find the source of national security leaks that used "manufactured intelligence" and "erroneous embellishment" to portray him and his company as potential conduits of foreign interference.
The leaks alleged he was the target of a CSIS probe and that Wealth One Bank of Canada could be susceptible to pressure by the Chinese government and used for money laundering.
Xian’s call for an investigation thrusts the internal efforts of the national spy agency to stop leaks back into the spotlight. Both the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Mounties began their search for the perpetrators within their ranks as foreign interference dominated debate in Parliament, ultimately triggering a public inquiry. But more than a year after launching investigations, no one has yet been held accountable.
CTV News obtained a letter addressed to the Chief Superintendent of the RCMP national security sector. In it, Xian, the founder of Wealth One Bank, calls for a criminal investigation into two unnamed employees or contractors with CSIS and a third "John Doe" who works for the Mounties.
The news comes as inquiry commissioner Justice Marie-Josée Hogue tries to balance transparency with the safeguarding of national secrets as she determines the impact of foreign interference on Canada’s democratic institutions.
Xian is not testifying at the inquiry but considers himself a "victim of a crime" by intelligence operatives who leaked what he calls partial and unsubstantiated information about him to the media.
Public servants who break their oath of protecting state secrets can be charged under the Security of Information Act.
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