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Jason Kenney seeks citizenship probe of prime suspect in Palestinian embezzlement case

April 06, 2013 10:00 AM

Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says he’s ordered his department to review how a prime suspect in the alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars from the Palestinian Authority acquired Canadian citizenship. Mr. Kenney, following an unrelated announcement in Vancouver on Tuesday, referred to the case of Muhammad Rashid, a former senior aide to Yasser Arafat, founding president of the Palestinian Authority, who was also head of the authority’s public investment company. The minister told reporters that Privacy Act concerns limited his ability to comment on the matter, but added he has raised the case with his department to see whether Mr. Rashid’s citizenship was properly obtained.

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