A B.C. group called Keep the RCMP in Surrey says it is filing a formal complaint with the National NewsMedia Council against the Surrey-based Indo-Canadian VOICE newspaper for an opinion piece it published June 14, 2022 referring to a sa国际传媒渄isgraceful rowdy demonstrationsa国际传媒� by sa国际传媒渁 group of old white people.sa国际传媒�

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The NNC is a media watchdog based in Toronto, comprised of 15 directors and was established in 2015 to sa国际传媒減romote ethical practices within the news media industry.sa国际传媒� It is an amalgamation of former press councils in B.C., Atlantic Canada, Manitoba, and Ontario.

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Rattan Mall, editor of the VOICE, said he wrote the opinion piece.

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