Vancouver 'fruit importer' found burned, dead in Colombia
Jon Woodward, Reporter, CTV Vancouver
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Published Wednesday, July 3, 2019 5:51PM PDT
Last Updated Wednesday, July 3, 2019 6:58PM PDT
A Vancouver man whose body was found burned in Colombia last month is connected to the sprawling investigation into money laundering in this province, according to an investigation by CTV News Vancouver.
The body of Richard Yen Fat Chiu, 47, was discovered by Colombian authorities in a village outside Cucuta, on the Venezuelan border on June 20, news reports from that country say.
Chiu had identified himself as an importer and exporter of fruit when he arrived in the country the day before, according to La Opinion, which said he left a hotel in Cucuta with several men in a red car.
Neighbours in Vancouver recognized a photo published in that newspaper as Chiu, a family man who once rented a $3.6 million house in Kerrisdale with his wife and four children.
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Richard Yen Fat Chiu
