Media argues against publication ban on fitness hearing for suspect in Lapu-Lapu Day vehicle attack | Unpublished
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Author: Mike Hager
Publication Date: August 19, 2025 - 21:41

Media argues against publication ban on fitness hearing for suspect in Lapu-Lapu Day vehicle attack

August 19, 2025

OA media consortium that includes The Globe and Mail argued in court against a publication ban on the details of a hearing into whether the man accused of using his SUV to kill 11 people at Vancouver’s Lapu-Lapu Day festival is mentally fit to stand trial.

The defence and the Crown prosecutors asked a British Columbia Provincial Court judge Tuesday to keep the ban in place until the end of a potential criminal trial for Kai-Ji Adam Lo. Mr. Lo watched the proceedings from a video-conferencing room at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital.



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