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B.C. Court of Appeal.

B.C. Court of Appeal.: Another man is in jail facing human smuggling charges that have been found by one trial judge to be unconstitutional. That decision is being reviewed by the B.C. Court of Appeal. , according to Times Colonist. The Conservative government vowed to challenge the refugee claims of many Sun Sea passengers and prosecute people who organized the ships voyage from Thailand, in order to send a strong message to human smugglers. One man is facing a deportation order to Sri Lanka, which his lawyer is fighting amid revelations two other asylum seekers from the MV Sun Sea were imprisoned, one brutally tortured, after they were sent back to that country. They re examples of the myriad legal challenges facing the federal governments aggressive stance on 492 Tamil asylum seekers who came to Victoria on the MV Sun Sea on Aug. 13, 2010. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.