Alleged gang member wins freedom: Nancyism Alive and Well

Alleged gang member wins freedom  By Jason Van Rassel, Calgary HeraldMarch 28, 2009  showTab(“text/html”);   function resizeImage() { var imgBox = document.getElementById(‘imageBox’); var photo = document.getElementById(‘storyphoto’); if (imgBox != null && photo != null) { if(photo.width >= 460) { imgBox.className = ‘imagesize460’; } else { if(photo.width >= 300) { imgBox.className = ‘imagesize310’; } else { imgBox.className = ‘imageboxpadding’; } imgBox.style.width = photo.width + ‘px’; } } } function getStoryFontSize() { var storyfontsize = getCookie(‘storyfontsize’); var storyfontimage = getCookie(‘storyfontimage’); // use cookied value, if present if (storyfontsize != null) { setClass(‘story_content’,storyfontsize); if (storyfontimage != null) { setClass(‘fontsizecontainer’,storyfontimage); } } else // default it to para14 if no cookie { setClass(‘story_content’,’para14′); setClass(‘fontsizecontainer’,’size02′); } } function setStoryFontSize(storyfontsize,storyfontimage) { setClass(‘story_content’,storyfontsize); setClass(‘fontsizecontainer’,storyfontimage); setCookie(‘storyfontsize’, storyfontsize, ‘365’, ‘/’, ”, ”); setCookie(‘storyfontimage’, storyfontimage, ‘365’, ‘/’, ”, ”); } function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) { // set time var today = new Date(); today.setTime( today.getTime() ); if ( expires ) { expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; //days } var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) ); document.cookie = name + “=” + escape( value ) + ( ( expires ) ? “;expires=” + expires_date.toGMTString() : “” ) + ( ( path ) ? “;path=” + path : “” ) + ( ( domain ) ? “;domain=” + domain : “” ) + ( ( secure ) ? “;secure” : “” ); } function getCookie( check_name ) { // split this cookie up into name/value pairs var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ‘;’ ); var a_temp_cookie = ”; var cookie_name = ”; var cookie_value = ”; var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ ) { // split apart each name=value pair a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' ); // and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // if the extracted name matches passed check_name if ( cookie_name == check_name ) { b_cookie_found = true; // we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is): if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 ) { cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ”) ); } // note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned return cookie_value; break; } a_temp_cookie = null; cookie_name = ”; } if ( !b_cookie_found ) { return null; } }

Reputed gang member Jackie Tran — who represented himself against a government lawyer–has won his release from custody.

Immigration and Refugee Board member Geoff Rempel ordered Tran’s release Friday afternoon, saying he didn’t break conditions imposed on him by federal authorities seeking his deportation to Vietnam.

The decision sparked outrage from authorities, who on Wednesday arrested Tran for allegedly breaching a condition requiring him to live with his mother.

“The Calgary Police Service is extremely disappointed with today’s Immigration and Refugee Board’s decision to release Jackie Tran.

“Tran is a well-known gang member and the police service believes Tran does pose a risk to the community,”said Acting Staff Sgt. Gord Renke of the targeted enforcement unit, which investigated and arrested Tran.

Source: vancouversun.com