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Douglas Todd: Unsolved murder of Chinese spiritual group worker justifies 'passionate' scrutiny, B.C. judge rules

A court decision backing a journalist's investigation into the 'bizarre' case of Bo Fan's death echoes a ruling this month in Ontario, where a judge threw out a defamation suit against reporters probing China’s interference.

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The unsolved murder of an employee of a giant spiritual health organization — which a Mountie ranked as one of the most “strange” cases he’s ever seen — is back in the spotlight after a B.C. judge ruled the matter of significant public interest.

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The killing of Bo Fan, an employee of Create Abundance, has drawn international media attention over the past six years, including from Canadian news outlets, as well as Le Monde in France, the South China Morning Post in East Asia, Newsweek in the U.S., and The Sunday Guardian in India.

Fan, a 41-year-old Chinese national, was found brutally beaten to death in Surrey on June 17, 2020, a few blocks from where Create Abundance had just hosted an event.

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