三位英國籍阿拉伯人來溫哥華看眼科醫師之餘，帶着相機逛太平洋購物中心，被人懷疑/炒作貼上網，於是the public had begun making false assumptions about their behaviour），以致驚動警方搜尋調查，卻被發現是一場虛驚。

有華人眼科醫師作證：

“Before the night was out, the logical explanation was made public, when a Vancouver-based doctor of Chinese medicine explained what they had been up to at the mall.

“Weidong Yu said the three were visiting Vancouver from England. The youngest two, a teen and a young adult, are visually impaired and are seeing Yu for treatment.

“While travelling, the pair and their guardian, the teen’s father, like to take a lot of footage to better see their trips, Yu said.

“That’s why they take all the photos – so they can go home and check the scenery, what they see,” he explained.

“When the trio realized they had become the subject of a leaked investigation and a subsequent media frenzy, they immediately called police, Yu said.

“‘They talked to police twice. Everything is clear,’ he said. ‘It’s good news for all of us. They’re innocent. They did nothing wrong. They are safe.’”

事後，其中為父者對警方表示理解，並加以讚揚：

“I think the people of Vancouver have been brilliant,” Sharaz said，“I think the police ... the job they did was perfectly fine. Even if they’d come to our house, found out where we lived, kicked our door in, arrested us — I don’t have an issue with that because it’s a case of national security. They have to take these matter seriously.”

為父者現在的“main concern”是：

“how media handled the security images after the leak. He said media should have blurred their faces before broadcasting and posting their images online.

“‘The way they published these pictures, there’s a child in there for God’s sake，’ he said，‘He’s going to remember this for the rest of his life. Our pictures are on the web forever.’”

事件詳情請參有關報刊報道：

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/media+under+fire+after+mall+deemed+completely+innocent/11655822/story.html

http://www.theprovince.com/health/pictures+forever+trio+centre+pacific+centre+mall+video/11655218/story.html

    【這事背後其實有着眾所周知的深刻的社會原因。還是這些老問題：加拿大究竟是否“基督教立的國”？如是，怎麼立的？現在還能說是“基督教立國”嗎？就這件事而言，教會是否當向公眾社會作些澄清？如是，當怎樣作呢？】

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另：

教會應該要求當局徹查“溫哥華敘利亞難民歡迎會被胡椒噴霧劑攻擊案”；然後勇敢地公開表明教會的態度；以免“國會縱火案”重演