The worst hit and run of the year in Canada could get two Punjabi Sikhs deported

 

2 men face deportation after fatal pedestrian hit-and-run in Surrey

Two pled guilty after dragging pedestrian under car for more than a kilometre

Anna Burns
May 22, 2025 8:52 PM2 days ago

Gaganpreet Singh, left, and Jagdeep Singh leaving Surrey Provincial Court May 22, 2024. Anna Burns/ Surrey Now-Leader

The family of the victim killed in a 2024 pedestrian collision say the two men charged in connection with his death treated him “like a piece of garbage, dumping him on the side of the road.”

Victim impact statements were read in court on Thursday, May 22 during a sentencing hearing for Gaganpreet Singh and Jagdeep Singh. The two pleaded guilty in Surrey provincial court on Jan. 6 and Feb. 7, respectively, to the dangerous operation of a conveyance, failing to stop after hitting a person, and interfering with a dead body.

The charges stem from a collision on Jan. 27, 2024, when Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian hit in the 13400-block of 105 Avenue around 1:45 a.m. The pedestrian had been dragged under the car for 1.3 km.

The two accused were in Surrey Provincial Court Thursday (May 22) for a sentencing hearing before Judge Mark Jetté.

The Crown read two victim impact statements, one from the victim's wife and the other from his mother-in-law.

The family of the victim asked for privacy and that their family member not be named.

Both statements described the kind of man the victim was. He was a loving husband and father to his two children; a strong, caring, Cree man who taught his children about their Indigenous culture and heritage. He was an intergenerational residential school survivor.

His family said he also had a strong work ethic and was proud of the projects he had worked on. “(The victim) was known and loved by many for his approachable nature, wit, and kind spirit,” his family said.

The victim impact statements noted the accused prolonged the harm to the family by continuing to drag the victim for 1.3 km after the collision. The family noted the worst part was the accused men's lack of apology and remorse. They also spoke about the impact of not being able to view their loved one's body due to the severity of his injuries and about being “unable to follow the cultural and spiritual protocols that come with death in our culture, which include having an open casket.”

The family asked the court not to just see the death of the victim but also the impact it has had on his family, community and culture.

“I ask that the justice system acknowledge the full weight of this harm and the magnitude of loss, and the urgent need for accountability and healing be reflected," a statement read.

Crown cites mitigating factors

Crown prosecutor Adam Janun noted several mitigating factors in this case, including that the two accused pleaded guilty, were young – both being 22 years old – and had no previous criminal record in Canada or in their home country of India.

What made this such a serious offence was not the initial collision, the Crown said, “although tragic" – it was how the accused responded after hitting the victim.

The Crown and defence counsel for Gaganpreet Singh presented a joint submission recommending he be sentenced to three years jail, a three-year driving prohibition, and a DNA order.

“The sentence breakdown is one year jail, consecutive on each count,” the Crown said.

The Crown argued that Jagdeep Singh should be sentenced to four years in jail followed by a three-year driving prohibition and a DNA order. The defence counsel for Jagdeep Singh was seeking a conditional sentencing order of two years, which would be served in the community.

Court hears about night of collision

The circumstances of the offence and the agreed statement of facts were both filed with the court when the accused entered their guilty pleas.

The Crown noted two different “agreed statements of facts” because Jagdeep and Gaganpreet pled guilty on two dates.

Timeline (the locations are an approximation based on the Crown's submissions in court) ​​​ 

1: At 1:41 a.m., the Mustang on University Drive struck the victim.

2: Gaganpreet drove the vehicle 50 meters north on University Drive and briefly stopped.

3: At around 1:42 a.m. He drove about 800 meters to 105A and University Drive and stopped. This is when the witnesses reported telling Gaganpreet and Jagdeep about the victim being under the vehicle. The defence for Jagdeep contests what his client said here. One of the witnesses followed the Mustang from this point.

4: Gaganpreet drove through a red light at 105A and University Drive and continued north on University Drive to 108 Ave, where he turned left on a red light. He continued to drive down 108 Ave and turned right at 132 Street without stopping at the red light. He then drove halfway down 132 Street between 108 Ave and 109 Ave, and stopped the car. At this point, the witness following the vehicle had stopped and returned to her husband's location. Gaganpreet then tried to remove the victim's body from under the Mustang by moving the car forward and then reversing it. He was unsuccessful.

5: Gaganpreet drove into the cul-de-sac where he and Jagdeep made several attempts to remove the victim from the car. 

•At 1:47 a.m. Jagdeep and Gaganpreet then fled the scene, with Jagdeep driving, and were stopped by police a short distance away in the left turn lane of King George Boulevard at 132 Street at 1:48 a.m. Google Maps Screenshot/ graphic by Surrey Now-Leader

The Crown told the court the events that took place in the early morning hours of Jan. 27 directly before, during and after the collision.  Gaganpreet, Jagdeep and a friend made a quick stop at a pizza restaurant. After leaving the restaurant, Gaganpreet drove Jagdeep’s Mustang about 800 metres to the intersection of 105 Avenue and University Drive. Jagdeep was in the passenger seat, and a friend was in the back seat. The passenger in the back seat has not been charged.

Around the same time, Gaganpreet was leaving the pizza place, a married couple driving north on University Drive noticed something lying in the road. The couple stopped the vehicle to see that it was a man and called out to him, but he did not respond. The witnesses then called 9-1-1 at 1:41 a.m.

Five seconds later, while the witness was on the phone with 9-1-1, Gaganpreet was driving the Mustang northbound on University Drive when he struck the victim, the Crown said.

Gaganpreet was going 79 km/h in a 50km/h zone at the time of the collision.

The witness noticed that the victim was no longer on the road and believed the victim must have been “dragged under the Mustang.”

Gaganpreet stopped the car after driving about 50 metres before continuing. He stopped again at the corner of University Drive and 105A Avenue. At this time, Jagdeep got out of the car and inspected the front and middle of it. Gaganpreet also got out and looked under the front of the vehicle. At that time, friends of Gaganpreet and Jagdeep pulled up next to them in a vehicle.

A few seconds later, the married couple who had witnessed the collision pulled up behind the Mustang.

The husband got out of the car and ran up to the Mustang to alert Gaganpreet and Jagdeep that the victim was stuck under their vehicle. The Crown alleges that this is when the accused “became aware that the victim was underneath the Mustang.” The Crown played the 9-1-1 call in court and stated that Sarah Grewal, the defence for Jagdeep, disagreed with the Crown’s submissions that their client had said to the witness, “No, no, he is sleeping,” when he was told about the victim under the car.

Grewal said, “He did say ‘no, no,’ but what he said afterwards, in my respectful submission, it was hard to make out what he was saying and my client denies saying that.”

Gaganpreet and Jagdeep then got back into the Mustang and sped away, running several red lights along the way. One of the witnesses followed the Mustang in her car for a short time and noted the Mustang had run several red lights and was travelling at about 60 to 70 km/h. The witness then decided to return to her husband’s location near 105 Avenue and University Drive.

This is when Gaganpreet tried to remove the victim's body from under the Mustang but was unsuccessful. He then drove into a cul-de-sac near 109 Avenue and 132 Street. The Crown stated that the victim was deceased by this time.

The Crown showed surveillance video from a home in the cul-de-sac.

Gaganpreet got out of the vehicle and knelt by the front, and Jagdeep also got out and held a flashlight to help Gaganpreet see underneath it.

The Crown alleges that the two discussed how to remove the victim's body and decided that Jagdeep would reverse the car while Gaganpreet tried to remove the body. It took several attempts to dislodge the victim before fleeing the scene at 1:47 a.m.

Then Jagdeep got into the driver's seat and Gaganpreet got into the front passenger seat and they drove away.

In response to the witness's 9-1-1 call, police were searching the area for the Mustang. At 1:48 a.m., a Surrey Police officer spotted the vehicle and “conducted a vehicle stop.”  All three individuals in the car, including Gaganpreet and Jagdeep, were arrested for failing to remain at the scene of the collision. One of the officers noted that Gaganpreet’s clothing was wet and dirty and asked him why. He told the officer that he had just finished some construction work which was why his clothes were dirty.

Officers then located the victim’s body.

The victim died as a result of being hit or dragged by the Mustang, the Crown said. “I want to make that very clear, he was not dead before he was hit by the Mustang.”

Both of the accused spoke to the court and apologized for their actions and spoke, through a Punjabi interpreter, about the impact that night had on them and their families.

Deportation orders likely for both men

The Crown noted that CBSA is seeking a deportation order for Jagdeep and said if he is given a conditional sentence he will likely be deported, which would be equivalent to his charges being stayed.

The Crown noted that Gaganpreet is not currently subject to the same deportation order as he received a new study permit before his old one expired, but it is likely the CBSA will seek a deportation order once he is sentenced.

Both the accused came to Canada at different times on student visas from Punjab, India, and both hope to apply for a work permit after studying with the hope of being a permanent resident and then citizen of Canada. Gaganpreet came in 2022 and recently received a diploma from Vancouver Community College. Jagdeep had studied for some time at Cambria College and Excel Career College in Surrey before moving to Victoria for work at the end of 2023. He had hoped to apply for a work permit after finishing his schooling.

Gagan Nahal, defence counsel for Gaganpreet, noted during submissions that his client had taken responsibility for his actions.

“He demonstrated some insight into his offending behaviours, more specifically, his associations, impulsivity and risk taking behaviours," Nahal said, adding his client had reported feelings of "regret, shame and remorse." 

“In addition to the criminal consequences, Mr. Singh will also be facing collateral consequence of inadmissibility and deportation, which gives him status as a foreign national in Canada.”

Nahal noted his client was “well aware” that he could face deportation before he entered his guilty plea.  

Sarah Grewal, the defence counsel for Jagdeep, told the court: “Mr. Singh is deeply remorseful what his actions have caused. He tells me that he suffers from depression due to his actions. He thinks about the victim on a daily basis, and for that reason, he has reconnected with his religion, and spends time at the Sikh temple.”

Grewal told the court what his client had told her and how it was different from Gaganpreet’s agreed statement of facts.

“He did not realize that they had struck a body when initially that happened, and he had heard a loud noise, and he'd heard me thought maybe they hit a speed bump,” Grewal said. “Eventually, once they pulled over, then they eventually found out that there was someone under the vehicle.”

Grewal added that, “Now, after reflecting on his actions, he is deeply regretful, but he tells me that at that time he was in a high state of panic, and he agrees that he was not acting right, but it was also in a state of panic.”

The judge said he did not doubt that the two accused were panicking.

“It's too bad that one of them, even the third person who ultimately wasn't charged with anything at all, would not have found a bit of common sense to bring to the problem,” Jetté said. Instead of focusing on how they could help the victim, they panicked and focused on themselves and how they could try and get out of that situation.

Judge Jetté will deliver his decision on July 16, 2025, in Surrey Provincial Court. 

Corruption is Everywhere > George Soros' America, Rolling Stone's anti-American propaganda; Did Defence Minister Sajjan get paid to order troops to evac Sikhs from Afghanistan? Green slush fund - a Party for Liberal friends? Top Cop crooked, in Canberra?

 

Soros, The Rolling Stone, and the Progressive Blob

The marketing juggernaut that takes down important voices.

ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS

JUL 03, 2024

In a recent essay, I wrote how the progressive blob, otherwise known as the liberal deep state, is taking down individuals and organizations to quell voices critical of Biden and the Democrat Party before the 2024 elections.

Those actions have included the multiple gag orders placed on Trump starting in the spring of 2024 - during the Presidential primary, putting first Peter Navarro and then Steve Bannon in jail for many months - just before the presidential election, indicting the Epoch Times VP of finance just months before the election, and expediting the shuttering of the studio and businesses of Alex Jones.

An article by the New York Post titled “Dem-majority FCC helping George Soros fast-track takeover of nationwide radio network: ‘This is scary’” lays out how Soros has now bought a 40% stake in the second largest radio network in the USA, which will give him majority control or close to it, and is working to fast track his influence upon the network:

billionaire George Soros is trying to recruit the Democrat-controlled Federal Communications Commission to help fast-track his takeover of the nation’s second-biggest radio network.

Soros, 93, pumped $400 million into Audacy in February, a network which reaches 165 million monthly listeners and includes a handful of conservative shows from hosts including Sean Hannity, Dana Loesch, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and Erick Erickson.

But their influence is likely to be muted if the billionaire takes over and imposes his agenda, as has happened with other media acquisitions.  

The fear is that the conservative radio stations in this network will soon be silenced and/or made to conform to the liberal requirements of their overlords.

Yes, another example of the progressive blob taking down voices critical of their agenda.

Moving on, this is nothing new - it has just been ramped up for this election. Billionaire George Soros has been at this game for decades.

More than 180 different media-related organizations receive money from George Soros.

Free Press is just one of the better funded Soros groups. They also include the Center for American Progress ($7.3 million), which operates the heavily staffed Think Progress blog. That blog ''now has 30 writers and researchers,'' according to Politico. Other well-funded operations include the investigative reporting operations at the Center for Public Integrity ($3.7 million) and Center for Investigative Reporting ($1.1 million), as well as Media Matters ($1.1 million) and the Sundance Institute ($1 million).

That's not all. ''Soros' foundations gave 34 grants from 1997 to 2010 to local NPR member stations and specific programs that have totaled nearly $3.4-million, said the foundations' [spokesperson Maria] Archuleta. Recipients included WNYC and Minnesota Public Radio,'' wrote now former NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard.

In fact, Soros funds nearly every major left-wing media source in the United States. Forty-five of those are financed through his support of the Media Consortium. That organization ''is a network of the country's leading, progressive, independent media outlets.'' The list is predictable - everything from Alternet to the Young Turks, who have since lost their MSNBC show.

A report by the Media Consortium detailed how progressives had created an ''echo chamber'' of outlets ''in which a message pushes the larger public or the mainstream media to acknowledge, respond, and give airtime to progressive ideas because it is repeated many times.'' According to the report called ''The Big Thaw,'' ''if done well, the message within the echo chamber can become the accepted meme, impact political dynamics, shift public opinion and change public policy.''

Using a network of outlets to simultaneously push out coordinated messaging is a form of psychological manipulation. This technique falls under the tactic of neurolinguistic programming. Progressives and the blob, including George Soros, are using this technique to flood the media with progressive ideas and take down conservatives and critical voices that they view as the enemy.

I know; it happened to me when eight of the largest print media organizations in the world almost simultaneously ran hit pieces on me. Which still dominate the Googlenet search results, while not a single one of my substack essays, some of which have much higher reader numbers than any of these media hit pieces, make it onto the front page of Google. Furthermore, these hit pieces, which are full of fact-checking lies, have never been corrected, this propaganda is what dominates my Wiki page, and there is literally not a dam thing I can do about it. This technique is also known as the “wrap-up smear.” The downstream consequences of these attacks last for years, if not decades.

To this day, I am permanently banned from Linked In and basically either banned or shadow-banned from all of the Metaverse and TikTok. Because I personally don’t “meet community standards” - not for any single post, image, or comment but because of the wrap-up smears against me. If Jill even mentions my name on Facebook, that post will be blocked from general distribution to her followers, and her ability to post anything on Facebook will be greatly diminished. Yet I don’t have a Facebook account. This is how the ecosystem works. They control the levers of power, what posts get amplified and which never see the light of day, and the process, as well as the results, are completely non-transparent.

This is why, when I recently read the extremely ugly hit piece by Rolling Stone on Nicole Shanahan, who is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.s running mate, that I knew exactly what was going on. This is an ongoing wrap-up smear attack - a directed, targeted attack aimed into the heart of the Kennedy Presidential campaign.

The June 26, 2024 Rolling Stone hit piece, titled: “Is Nicole Shanahan Flirting With QAnon and Christian Nationalism? RFK Jr.’s running mate is decrying “demonic” influence in government” by Tim Dickerson is downright disgusting. In this article, Rolling Stone asserts that:

Shanahan is a billionaire anti-vaxxer who, like RFK Jr., is no stranger to conspiracy theories. But Shanahan has recently embraced language common to the QAnon crowd, as well as to some Christian nationalists, to describe supernatural forces at play in our politics.

This is an image of the post from April, 2024 that the Rolling Stone asserts makes Shanahan an “anti-vaxxer.”

By that definition, who isn’t an anti-vaxxer?

The following quote is from Nicole Shannahan at a campaign rally, where she said:

“Bobby Kennedy can win this next election” because he “understands the deeply troubling, almost demonic forces that have overtaken our agencies, and our culture.”

From that, the Rolling Stone asserts that "Ms. Shanahan “decrying demonic influences” and that she has now “embraced language common to the QAnon crowd, as well as to some Christian nationalists, to describe supernatural forces at play in our politics.”

Obviously, the above quote makes a clear case for her embracing “QAnon” and “Christan Nationalism” ideology! [insert sarcasm emoji here].

Rolling Stone goes on to list some of Shanahan’s other significant sins:

• She likes raw milk

• She follows Tucker Carlson on X

• She retweeted a video from Owen Shroyer.

• She has been on podcasts with Naomi Wolf

• She has been on a podcast with Dilbert creator Scott Adams.

• She follows Congressman Thomas Massie on X

• She has praised former congressman and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul for “carrying [the] voice of our founding fathers.”

That's enough to convince me to vote for her!

That any of these “sins” would rise to importance of making it into a news article is laughable.

But there it is, when an advocacy journalist and progressive media organization can’t find dirt, it will just make stuff up! And that is precisely what this article does. This is yellow journalism at its most florid.

This article is then amplified through the mainstream media echo chamber.

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Afghan Sikh sponsors donated to Sajjan’s riding association during Kabul evacuations

Former Liberal Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan Courtesy CBC

Jonathan Bradley

Published on: 

02 Jul 2024, 1:43 pm

Directors of a charity that reached an agreement with the Canadian government to bring Afghan Sikhs into Canada made political donations to former Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s riding association around the same time as Canadian special forces soldiers were trying to evacuate them. 

The Globe and Mail reported Tuesday Elections Canada records reveal these directors gave thousands of dollars in donations to the Vancouver South Liberal Electoral District Association in 2021. At the time, Canada was having an election campaign, and Sajjan was seeking re-election in Vancouver South. 

These records generate increased speculation about the affiliation between Sajjan and the charity aiming to bring a group of 225 Afghan Sikhs on final evacuation flights from Kabul as the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan.

Sajjan confirmed on Thursday he had asked Canadian special forces rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs after the Taliban came to power in 2021 — a move three sources said to the Globe and Mail led to resources being diverted from assisting Canadian citizens and Afghans connected to Canada. 

READ MORE: Sajjan requested special forces save Afghan Sikhs amid fall of Kabul

He brought forward the location and other details about the Afghan Sikhs to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as special forces headed to meet up with them. This information was provided to him from a Canadian Sikh group that had spoken with them. 

In Kabul, the sources said the situation was crazy, as evacuation flights were wrapping up and Canada and other Western countries scrambled to bring their citizens out of Afghanistan.

Elections Canada said Manmeet Singh Bhullar Foundation (MSBF) Director Tarjinder Bhullar gave a $510 donation to the Vancouver South Liberal EDA. Tarjinder’s donation was noted on Aug. 19, 2021. 

It pointed out MSBF Directors Baljinder and Apharnarayan Bhullar made a $1,000 donation each to the EDA. Baljinder’s and Apharnarayan’s donations were received on Aug. 22, 2021. 

While these donations were sizeable, another one valued at $1,650 from MSBF Director Namrita Rattan was documented on Aug. 27, 2021. Rattan was the wife of former Alberta cabinet minister Manmeet Bhullar. 

A few days later, Canada ended its evacuations in Afghanistan, failing to rescue the Sikhs after they became worried and left the area they were supposed to wait to obtain assistance. However, they were able to go to India. 

The sources said the Afghan Sikhs were not treated as a priority for the CAF, as they were unconnected to Canada. Because Sajjan intervened, they said he impacted the rescue of Canadians and other Afghans on the CAF’s priority list. 

He denied his comments about the Afghan Sikhs were orders and said he did not want them to be a top priority. He said Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) had granted them permission to come to the country.

“I provided direction to the Canadian Armed Forces, through the appropriate chain of command, to assist the group of Afghan Sikhs who had been determined eligible for evacuation from Kabul through the process under way at IRCC,” he said to the Globe and Mail. 

While Sajjan has denied being demanding, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre said the CAF was following orders from him when it attempted to assist them. 

Elections Canada’s records go back 10 years to 2014, but there is no record of Tarjinder, Apharnarayan, or Rattan making any other donations. 

Meanwhile, Baljinder made a $400 donation in 2019 to Conservative deputy leader Tim Uppal. 

Vancouver South riding

Ethics commissioner to reveal slush fund breach

in July, regardless of MP’s summer recess

Ethics commissioner to reveal slush fund breach in July regardless of MP’s summer recess Western Standard Canva

Jen Hodgson

Published on: 

02 Jul 2024, 7:17 am

Ethics investigators will make public conflict of interest breaches found in the Department of Environment's $8 billion Net Zero Accelerator program  by the end of July, per Blacklock’s Reporter. 

The Office of the Ethics Commissioner will release its report on the “green slush fund” regardless of parliament’s current 13-week summer recess, said Michael Wrobel, spokesman for Conflict Of Interest Act investigators.

The investigation follows complaints against Liberal-appointed directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Parliament in 2001 created the agency to subsidize green ventures. The agency was handed a total $856 million in subsidies under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration, in the period from 2017 to 2023.

“The (ethics) office is still working towards the August 1 deadline,” said Wrobel. 

“Once completed, investigation reports prepared under the Act are provided to the prime minister, to the senator or MP who requested the examination and to the public office holder or former public office holder who was the subject of the examination,” said Wrobel. 

“These steps can take place while the House is in summer recess,” he added.

Cabinet on June 4 collapsed the agency and transferred its work to the National Research Council. The abrupt wrap-up came hours after auditors released a report on SDTC that documented 186 conflicts by the board worth $319 million.

“A person should not be seen to benefit from public funds,” Auditor General Karen Hogan testified June 20 at the Commons Public Accounts Committee.

“There is a requirement in the Sustainable Development Technology Act that says no one should personally benefit from government money.”

Conservative MP Rick Perkins called misconduct at the agency “a conspiracy of corruption.” 

They are “defrauding the taxpayer and nobody in the government seems to care,” he told the committee. 

“Almost half of all transactions from 2017 to 2023 were conflicted transactions out of 420,” said  Perkins. 

“It is quite an amazing thing. I don’t believe those directors represented half of the green technology sector yet somehow they managed to get almost half the funding.”

Former Minister of Industry, Navdeep Bains, who appointed directors implicated in conflicts, testified June 6 he could not recall multiple warnings against appointing friends of the Liberal Party to the board.

“I stand by the process,” said Bains.

Deputy Industry Minister Simon Kennedy testified June 13 that taxpayers rightly deserved a refund of subsidies paid to friends of board members. 

“There are going to be cases where potentially funding was provided and it needs to be recovered,” said Kennedy.

“No members should have personally benefited,” said Hogan.

“It is a concern which is why we flagged it in our report, about failures the board had.”

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AFP commander suspended in contracts-for-mates investigation

A high-ranking Australian Federal Police official is under investigation for improperly awarding contracts to private companies controlled by former senior special forces veterans. At the centre of the scandal is Commander Anthony Fox, a veteran officer who has served in the AFP’s most sensitive divisions, including counter-terrorism and undercover operations. A second senior police officer is also facing scrutiny.

The contracts involve firms linked to special forces veterans with whom Fox, pictured, is believed to have had a personal relationship. They include a contract awarded by the AFP in 2022 for $79,000 to a Brisbane firm run by an ex-SAS officer. Among the lines of inquiry are whether Fox appropriately disclosed any conflicts of interest.

Suspicions over Fox’s handling of the contracts led to a raid on his family home in Canberra last month and his immediate suspension pending the investigation. The National Anti-Corruption Commission, which can only start an investigation into serious or systemic alleged corruption, has also been called in.

There is no suggestion that Fox is guilty of any offence or is proven to have engaged in any wrongdoing, and no charges have been laid. Senior lawyer and former federal police officer David Healey, who is representing Fox, said his client is well respected and vigorously denies all wrongdoing. The AFP declined to answer questions about the Fox inquiry, and Fox did not respond to a request for comment. ===============================================================