After her government expelled a group of Indian diplomats following the RCMP’s shocking public statement tying India’s government to violent crimes in Canada, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is warning more than a dozen Indian diplomats still in the country to respect Canadian law.
“They’re clearly on notice,” Joly said. “Six of them have been expelled, including the high commissioner in Ottawa. Others were mainly from Toronto and Vancouver.
“Clearly, we won’t tolerate any diplomats that are in contravention of the Vienna Convention.”
Joly’s comments aimed at the remaining 15 Indian diplomats come days after the head of the RCMP accused India’s government, its agents and diplomats of links to widespread criminal activity in Canada, including coercion, extortion and killings.
The RCMP said there have been more than a dozen credible and imminent threats to members of the South Asian community, in particular Sikh members of the pro-Khalistan movement.
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