Man detained until deportation appeal

A man who was charged with killing his wife will remain detained by the border services agency while he appeals a deportation order, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada ruled Thursday.

Immigration board member Stephane Morin said Sivaloganathan Thanabalasingam remains a flight risk and a danger to the public.

Thanabalasingam, 31, arrived in Canada as a refugee from Sri Lanka in 2004, and recently became the first person in Quebec to not have murder charges against him proceeded with due to unreasonable delays in the justice system.

Despite the stay of proceedings, he was arrested and ordered him deported to his country of origin. > OTTAWA