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Eight Quebec police officers suspended in wake of alleged sexual assaults on Aboriginal women - APTN National NewsAPTN National News

24.10.15

Eight Quebec police officers suspended in wake of alleged sexual assaults on Aboriginal women - APTN National NewsAPTN National News: Theriault also announced that the probe into the alleged incidents has been transferred to Montreal police amid criticism the provincial force was investigating its own.

On Thursday, Radio-Canada’s investigative “Enquete” program broadcast interviews with various women, including one who alleged police officers took her to a remote road in northwestern Quebec and asked her to perform oral sex for $200.

Another told the show that officers allegedly broke her cellphone and threw her footwear into the snow before abandoning her about a kilometre from her house.

Theriault urged other women who have been abused or assaulted to report the incidents.

“It is reprehensible and unacceptable for a police officer to use his power to abuse people who are vulnerable,” said Theriault, who burst into tears at her Quebec City news conference.


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