LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
National Post
Monday, August 2, 1999
War crimes
Orest Slepokura
National Post
Re: Pursuit of Suspected War Criminals Too Slow, Critics
Say, July 29.
That the hunt for war criminals is largely a political process
may be seen by the fact that no Soviet-era official has ever
been prosecuted for war crimes or crimes against humanity
by Canadian law enforcement authorities. This, in spite of
evidence that former Soviet officials reside in Canada, and
that the murders resulting from many cruel Soviet policies
enacted over seven decades virtually number in the tens of
millions.
Orest Slepokura, Strathmore, Alta.
War crimes
Stefan Lemieszewski
National Post
The critics are wrong. Starting sooner on a flawed process
simply results in even greater wasted costs with the same
meagre results.
The deportation and denaturalization process is no justice
for a war crime. Such crimes should be tried in a criminal
court � a process the Canadian government has given up
on after its earlier failures when it could not provide
credible evidence in a criminal court. True war crimes
should never be tried in civil court. And immigration cases
in civil court should not be referred to as war crime cases.
That is politics, not justice.
Stefan Lemieszewski, Coquitlam, B.C.
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