‘Unconscionable’ that third sex offender released into Surrey, says Mayor Brenda Locke
Posted May 18, 2024 1:08 pm.
Last Updated May 18, 2024 1:42 pm.
Surrey’s mayor wants the federal and provincial governments to conduct a “comprehensive review” of laws around the sentencing, release, and monitoring of dangerous sex offenders.
She made these comments Friday, just after the Surrey RCMP announced that a dangerous sex offender — who in 2019 was convicted of sexually assaulting two women in 2017 — would be returning to the city.
In a statement on the City of Surrey’s website, Brenda Locke says it is “unconscionable” that for the third time in around six weeks, another dangerous sex offender has been released into the city.
“According to the public warning notification issued by the RCMP, Ezaz Razak ‘represents a serious and imminent risk to vulnerable women and intimate partners,'” Locke said.
“It goes without saying that Mr. Razak is not welcome in our city.”
She says she is sending a letter to federal and provincial ministers responsible for public safety “to determine more appropriate measures in order to protect all communities from harm.”
Mounties have asked anyone who sees or knows of Razak violating the conditions of his release to call 911 immediately. According to these conditions, he cannot consume or possess alcohol, drugs or any intoxicating substances, except with medication prescribed by a doctor qualified to practice medicine in B.C., and he must obey a curfew every day between 10 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.
- With files from Cole Schisler.
