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Koreans out on $5 bail

VICTORIA (CKNW/AM980) -- If Immigration Canada refuses to free nine Koreans on trial in Victoria, the judge hearing the case says he'll throw out all criminal charges against them. The nine Koreans were crew members on a rusty freighter which brought Chinese migrants to B.C.'s shores last summer.


B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ron McKinnon issued the ultimatum after ruling that the prosecution had breached the rights of the nine by not revealing that four Chinese migrants on the Korean ship had been indicted in Vancouver for allegedly being smuggling enforcers.


Mr. Justice McKinnon ordered the nine freed on $5 bail each to make it easier for them to work with their lawyers on their defence.


When told that the nine can't be set free because there are Immigration warrants out for them, Mr. Justice McKinnon told prosecutors they have until next Wednesday to get Immigration Canada to agree to cancel those warrants or he'll throw out all the charges.


In the meantime, because the trial -- which began three months ago -- will now likely last until the end of July, four jurors have been let go and are to be replaced next week.

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