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Guilbault orders investigation into arrest of Senegalese diplomat by Gatineau police

The Minister of Public Security said the police intervention "raises problems" because diplomatic immunity is involved.

Quebec Deputy Premier and Public Security Minister Genèvieve Guilbault.
Deputy Prime Minister of Quebec and Minister of Public Security Geneva Guilbeau. Photo by Dave Sidaway /The Montreal Gazette

Minister of Public Safety Geneviève Guilbeau has been sent to Quebec Police Surveillance Group. I requested an investigation. Allegations by the Senegalese government that the Gatineau police had "barbarously" beaten one of his diplomats..

In a statement, Guilbault said: Francophonie, Acting Minister of International Relations, said he had requested an investigation. 1961 Vienna Convention.

Guilbault said police intervention "raises problems" because diplomatic immunity is involved.

The Canadian Press reported that the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a diplomat working for a West African country's embassy in Ottawa was detained and beaten at his home in Gatineau on Tuesday.

Responding to the Senegalese government's allegations, Gatineau police said in a statement Friday night that officers had been called to assist bailiffs who were trying to enforce a court order on Tuesday afternoon.

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Police said the subject of the court order, identified only as a woman with diplomatic status, was "aggressive and refused to cooperate".

44} They claimed the woman punched a female police officer in the face when she tried to explain the process.

Officers then decided to arrest the woman "for the safety of all present," according to a statement. Police say the woman resisted arrest, bit another officer, and was slammed to the ground before being detained.

“Following the powers conferred on her by the (Québec Police Act), the minister may, in exceptional cases, have the Independent Investigative Service (BEI) investigate any incident involving members of the security forces. and is related to that function," Guilbault said.

"The Director of Criminal Prosecution and Criminal Prosecution also confirmed to [the Minister] that the files concerning police charges against diplomats were closed due to the applicable diplomatic immunity." }

Canadian Press contributed to this report.

pcherry@postmedia.com

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