Ok... Here is some background info I got with the power of google...
In Nov 2003, Singh made a refugee claim with his fake passport. His claim was based on Indian authorities accusing him of being a member of a Sikh separatist militia. This was found to be uncredible.
In 05 he is rejected from the Federal Court trying to file an appeal. He moved to Vancouver without telling anyone. He was trying to avoid authorities.
2006 Mr. Singh suffers an aneurism that leaves him a quadriplegic and spends five months in the Vancouver General Hospital's spinal cord unit at an approximate cost to taxpayers of $400,000 before moving to the George Pearson Centre, a home for the disabled, at a cost of $400 a day.
June, 2007 The CBSA learns of Mr. Singh's whereabouts and schedules his deportation for July 8 on a medivac flight estimated to cost $70,000.
July 8, 2007 Mr. Singh avoids deportation by fleeing the George Pearson Centre by taxi and taking refuge in an Abbotsford Sikh temple, the Gurdwara Kalgidhar Darbar Sahib Society, before scores of supporters.
Aug. 13, 2007 Mr. Singh is arrested by CBSA agents as he leaves an Abbotsford hospital where he had gone a week earlier on the advice of his doctor to treat a fever and infection from his catheter while at the temple. He is later revealed to be housed in the hospital ward of a pre-trial detention centre.
Aug. 15, 2007 At a new hearing, IRB member Otto Nupponen orders Mr. Singh held in detention until his deportation, rescheduled for Aug. 20, said there is no guarantee he will turn up for removal.
Aug. 19, 2007 Mr. Singh is granted an 11th-hour reprieve after Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day verbally issues a 60-day stay of his deportation after the intervention of Conservative MP Nina Grewal.
Aug. 22, 2007 The IRB agrees to release Mr. Singh from detention if he posts a $50,000 cash bond. Other conditions include that the Sikh Temple that again offered him sanctuary sign an undertaking not to interfere in his deportation.
Oct. 18, 2007 Mr. Singh wins another 20-day extension on his stay in Canada for an independent medical assessment on his fitness to endure the return voyage to India.
Nov. 28, 2007 Mr. Singh's lawyer Zool Suleman reports the IRB has again rejected his client's plea to stay in Canada and announces he will appeal to the Federal Court.
Dec. 10, 2007 Up to 2,000 protesters converge on Vancouver Airport and thwart the deportation of Mr. Singh, who arrived voluntarily by taxi. The CBSA determines it is too risky for its agents to venture outside to escort Mr. Singh to his Cathay Pacific flight.
Dec. 17, 2007 Mr. Singh hopscotches between sanctuary at various Sikh Temples in the Lower Mainland, after the Abbotsford Gurdwara Kalgidhar Darbar Sahib Society, which had provided him sanctuary for several months, suddenly says it can no longer house him. He goes first to New Westminster before taking up residence in Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh Temple.
Jan. 9, 2008 The CBSA again cancels the removal of Laibar Singh, now age 48, scheduled for 4:30 a.m., because Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh temple declared sanctuary for the disabled man as his supporters rally outside the gates.
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