Suspect in Surrey Six slayings returned to Canada from Philippines
Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2009 | 5:18 PM PT
The Canadian Press
Coroners remove one of six bodies discovered in a Surrey condominium tower in October 2007. (CBC)Mounties say a man suspected in the gangland slayings of six men in a Surrey condominium complex two years ago is back on Canadian soil and behind bars.
At a news conference Tuesday in Surrey, B.C.'s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 24-year-old Quang Vinh Thang Le, also known as Michael Le, was returned to Canada from the Philippines over the weekend, and turned over to police.
Le was arrested in the Philippines earlier this month as he arrived in Manila from Vietnam, where he fled after the murders.
Police have described Le, a Canadian citizen, as one of the leaders and original founders of the Red Scorpions gang.
He faces charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the murder of 21-year-old Cory Lal, one of the six men found slain in the October 2007 incident that included two innocent victims.
Three other men were also charged in the murders, after 27-year-old Dennis Karbovanec pleaded guilty in April to three counts of second-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder
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