In August 2019, Ridge Meadows RCMP officers responded to a call for an ambulance to bring Kyaw Din to the hospital. His sister, Yin Yin, had called 911 because Kyaw was experiencing mild mental confusion and she wanted help. Instead, the police refused to wait for her elder siblings to arrive,…
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