Gangster Nicholas Chan having trouble getting toilet paper behind bars
Posted May 31, 2017 4:37 pm.
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Gangster and accused killer Nicholas Chan is once again raising issue about his treatment behind bars, this time over the lack of toilet paper he’s been getting.
Chan remains in jail for weapons related charges and awaits a murder trial in October for his alleged role as a leader in the 2002-2009 gang wars between the Fresh Off the Boat (FOB) gang and their rivals, the FOB Killers (FK).
More than two dozen people were killed in the violence that erupted across Calgary over the seven year time frame.
Chan is accused of being the leader of the FOB gang.
In a sworn affidavit filed in court by Chan’s lawyer Michael Bates, Chan writes he should be allowed to wash his hands with soap after using toilet facilities and before eating food while in the custody of Alberta Sheriffs at the Calgary Courts Centre.
“Most days between when I arrive at Court and when I eat lunch I will have to have a bowel movement and urinate. This means I have to ask permission of a Sheriff to use the washroom and then start the demeaning process of trying to get toilet paper,” he said. “Sometimes the Sheriff will let me have the toilet paper I need. Most of the time for no apparent reason other than maybe as some form of punishment the Sheriff will arbitrarily give me only a few squares and sometimes as few as one or two squares.”
Chan says like any other person, the amount of toilet paper he needs can vary significantly to ensure his body his clean.
Most of the time, Chan says he’s allowed to use the sink and water, although sometimes that’s not even allowed depending on the decision of the Sheriff.
“I have enough education to understand that serious infections like e-coli happen from not properly washing hands with soap before eating and that touching things like doors, pens and other objects can transmit such infections to other people I interact with.”
In the end, he believes he’s not asking for any special treatment but rather to be treated the same as any other person in a public place who is conducting public business.
This isn’t the first time Chan has protested what he believes to be inhumane conditions, going so far as to conduct a hunger strike back in January 2016.
He would later be acquitted of first degree murder after it was alleged he orchestrated the Bolsa Restaurant killings, which killed three people on January 1st, 2009.
He remains behind bars facing several weapon charges and a murder trial in the 2008 death of 21-year-old Kevin Anaya, which is slated to begin in October.
