Belhassen Trabelsi

Trabelsi Dept: According to documents filed by Trabelsi, the S ret du Qu bec had uncovered a plan by a man of Tunisian origin to kill him while he and his family were staying at the hotel Ch teau Vaudreuil upon their arrival via private jet Jan. 20. The man was arrested while trying to obtain a vehicle with which to carry out his plan, according to Montreal Gazette. Trabelsi has been a permanent resident of Canada since the 1990s. But the Canadian government decided to revoke his permanent residency, because he had not lived in Canada for at least two of the previous five years. The hearing April 23 is to appeal that decision and tunisian "godfather" Belhassen Trabelsi's hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board April 23 will remain public, the IRB ruled Friday, denying Trabelsi's request to keep it private and removing a publication ban on documents alleging Trabelsi and his family had been the target of threats and at least one plot to kill them since arriving in Canada in January 2011. Trabelsi, the brother-inlaw of deposed Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, fled to Canada six days after Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, shortly after the uprising in Tunisia against the former dictator and his extended family began. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.