DURING the course of the past week, The Province has been run- ning a series on triads and the way they pene- trated the Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong. The story detailed how the cOL.puter system used by Immigration Canada had been compromised and some 2,000 visas were taken from the con- sulate. But inherent in the story was the courage of two men, a foreign services officer and a Mountie who fought the sys- tem to bring the serious situa- tion to light. Brian McAdam is the for- mer foreign services officer. A career civil servant, he spent time in a variety of overseas postings, including two stints in Hong Kong. It was during his fast assignment there that was highlighted by the events derailed in The Province story. In 1992, McAdam was the immigration control officer at the Canadian High Commission. It was part of his responsibility to monitor the activities of the tiads and known gangsters to ensure they were not getting into Canaria. He is a recognized expert in -S.LAURSEN & } ow whistle o “Leo i. | : |Knight crime and punishment the intelligence world on Asian organized crime. One morning he tried to access the CAIPS computer (Computer ted Immigration Processing System) and found the triad leader’s file he was loading dis- appeared before his eyes. He tried another and the same thing happened. He inmediately summoned the RCMP liaison officer, Insp. Gary Clement and demonstrat- ed for him what was happen- ing. Clement reported the mat- ter to Ottawa and owo investi- gaters were sent to look into the matter. Evidence was turned up of deleted files, unauthorized security clearances to non- Canadian employees and fake immigration stamps, yet the investigation was terminated without any apparent action being taken. 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He was labelled a troublemaker and it was even suggested he wasn’t mentally sound. For two years Read looked into the matter. He found what he called “gaping holes” in the earlier investigations, leads that weren't tollowed up and inac- curacies in the reports filed. He demanded a full-blown Box investigation. He got transterred to a desk job tor his trouble and was told to keep quiet and be a good lit- de bow. But Robert Read is a good cop, He took the courageous step of filing an internal com- plaint alleging a coverup and obstruction of justice against his own superior officers. Only when it appeared that nothing was ever going to be done about the problem, did Read and MeAdam go public. The Province stories have generated headlines areund the world, but barely a murmur Wednesday. September 1, 1999 — North Shore News - 7 here, apart from the Nadonal Post running The Province sto- ries. It seems in the Vancouver media that if the story can’t be matched then it will be ignored. 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