Mohsin Abbas and Riazuddin Ahmad Choudhry

Riazuddin Ahmad Choudhry: Riazuddin Ahmad Choudhry, 69, of Mississauga, was charged Friday with uttering death threats and dangerous operation of a vehicle. Journalist Mohsin Abbas told police Choudhry threatened him in a phone call Nov. 5 after Abbas published commentary critical of the candidate on a Pakistani news website. , according to Hamilton Spectator. Reached in Germany where he is working on a film documentary about refugees, Abbas said he was pleased by news of Choudhry charges. "It a big relief. I'm glad that he got arrested and charged." A failed Mississauga mayoral candidate is facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening a former Spectator journalist and his family. Choudhry, a fringe mayoral candidate, garnered less than 1 per cent of the vote in the October election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.