‘Enough’s enough’: MLA demanding action amid Lower Mainland extortion cases

A Lower Mainland MLA says he’s hearing that people are increasingly fed up with ongoing extortion attempts targeting the South Asian community.

Acting as Critic to the Attorney General, MLA for Richmond-Queensborough Steve Kooner is speaking out after the latest shootings targeted a home in South Surrey twice in one week.

“We are seeing the community — people that are affected and their allies — they’re organizing more. You see more of these town halls happening. People are saying, ‘Enough is enough,'” he said.

Kooner says more needs to be done. He explains that he’s asked Attorney General Niki Sharma about appointing Crown prosecutors to work directly with the police on extortion investigations.

By latest report, the Surrey Police Service says it is investigating 95 extortion-related