The B.C. Supreme Court is protecting the identity of several journalists' confidential sources in a defamation lawsuit brought by a man allegedly linked to the River Rock Casino money laundering case.

B.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Harper made the ruling on Monday (Sept 8). Lawyers for Global News and an independent journalist are seeking to get the suit dismissed as an attempt to silence legitimate public interest reporting.

In news articles going back to 2018, the reporters alleged Rongxiang "Tiger" Yuan has connections to the Chinese military and is involved in fentanyl trafficking and money laundering.

The reporting links Yuan to money laundering at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, in which high-roller Chinese gamblers were involved in large cash transactions that pol

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