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Jinny Sims cleared of any wrongdoing by a special prosecutor

BY , Apr 3, 2020 7:21 PM - REPORT AN ERRORLAST UPDATED ON Apr 24, 2020 3:33 PM

British Columbia's prosecution service says NDP legislature member Jinny Sims will not face charges following an RCMP investigation and the appointment of a special prosecutor last fall.

In a statement, the prosecution service says the RCMP investigation into allegations of criminal wrongdoing against Sims found no evidence to support the accusations and the investigation has concluded.

Special prosecutor Richard Peck, who was appointed last October, says there will no charges and there is no further action to take.

Sims resigned as minister of citizens' services following the announcement of Peck's appointment and said she was confident her name would be cleared.

Sims, who also said she did not know what the RCMP investigation was about, continued to sit in the legislature as the member for Surrey-Panorama.

The Opposition B.C. Liberals accused Sims in the legislature of using personal emails to allegedly circumvent the province's freedom of information laws and of writing letters to support visa applications for 10 Pakistani citizens who were on a security watch list.

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