Canadian Olympic Committee: Immigration Minister Jason Kenney

Eugene Wang Dept: A short time later, Eugene Zhen Wang, the top-ranked table tennis player in North America, was a Canadian citizen. The Canadian Olympic Committee urged Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's office to fast-track the Canadian citizenship of Eugene Wang, a Chinese-born table tennis star, in time for him to compete for Canada at the summer Games, a newly released document obtained by The Canadian Press shows. Sergei Grits/ AP Photo, according to CBC. "The Canadian Olympic Committee supports Mr. Wang's request and I am writing to confirm that Mr. Wang would be eligible to compete for Canada at the 2012 London Olympic Games if he is granted Canadian citizenship by July 4." The Canadian Olympic Committee urged Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's office to fast-track the citizenship of a Chinese-born table tennis star so he can represent Canada at the summer Games, a newly released document obtained by The Canadian Press shows. "I am writing to you regarding Mr. Zhen Wang's request for an exceptional early granting of Canadian citizenship," says a May 11 letter to Kenney's office. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.