Convicted child predator featured alongside Liberal byelection candidate
A new report alleges that a convicted child sex offender, a former teacher of an Islamic school, was “deeply embedded” in the Liberal Scarborough Southwest campaign.
The Liberal by-election campaign in the Ontario riding of Scarborough Southwest is facing heat after a new investigative report by The Bureau found that a convicted child sex predator was allegedly involved in former NDP MPP Doly Begum’s campaign to represent the riding as a federal Liberal.
The report by The Bureau founder, Sam Cooper, unveiled, through analyzing multiple campaign photos, videos and CBC reports, in which Yusuf Ali Talukdur, convicted in 2010 by an Ontario Court for sexually touching a young girl under the age of 14, was photographed alongside Begum at several campaign events. The campaign has denied knowing about Talukdur’s conviction and said he does not hold an official role on the campaign.
