![]() ![]() “He was convicted 13 times as a result of Vancouver police investigations, and at the time of his death he was wanted Canada-wide for charges stemming from a VPD investigation,” Sgt. The Tyee also asked the Vancouver Police Department whether her death had been deemed suspicious or investigated further, and was told to ask the coroner because that agency investigates all deaths that are not considered crimes.Ī police department spokesperson said that since officers first encountered Pham in 1996, the VPD tried to hold him accountable for his crimes. The Tyee asked the BC Coroners Service for information on the June 2019 death, but was told to file a freedom of information request. That is extremely dangerous behaviour on your part.” Staff at the hotel report that women often come to your room when they're not supposed to, and I believe that those women were coming to your room to use drugs. “One woman died of an overdose in your room. 14, 2020, hearing, as he laid out the reasons why Pham was considered a danger to the public. “You give drugs to vulnerable women so that they will have sex with you,” McPhalen told Pham during the Oct. 'He Was Always with Other Girls, Giving Them Free Drugs'.'One woman died of an overdose in your room’ The sexual assault happened just weeks after Pham was released from immigration detention - and after he had been warned by IRB tribunal member Michael McPhalen that his behaviour was dangerous to vulnerable people in the Downtown Eastside. “I felt like my spirit left my body and I just remember lying there, kind of being paralyzed.” “It was so weird because I was still conscious and aware,” said Zoe. 19, 2020, the drugs Pham gave Zoe left her unable to move, although she remained conscious. He insisted she use the drugs in his room, she said.ĭuring a visit on Nov. Zoe told The Tyee she often saw other young women in Pham’s room, using drugs that Pham provided for free. The Tyee is using a pseudonym - Zoe - for the woman’s safety. The Tyee also previously interviewed a woman who was drugged and sexually assaulted in the Heatley Avenue SRO by Pham in November 2020. “They all seemed so young - they looked underaged.” “It was multiple times a day and different girls,” said the source. He would also get angry at staff for checking the women’s identification. If they stopped him from bringing a woman in, he would often try to sneak his guests in through the back door of the hotel. Pham was so persistent that staff had to monitor the building’s reception desk constantly, the source said. The person, who asked to remain anonymous, said Pham repeatedly brought underaged girls up to his room. government and is operated as supportive housing. The Tyee has interviewed a source with knowledge of Pham’s behaviour when he lived at Hotel Canada at 518 Richards St. The bodies were found two months after Pham, 46, who also went by the names Jimmy, Chung and Peter, had been discovered dead in the same room. O’Soup had gone missing from foster care in Port Coquitlam one year before her body was found in Pham’s room. On May 1 the bodies of Elma Enan and 14-year-old Noelle O’Soup were found in Pham’s room at 405 Heatley Ave., a privately owned and operated SRO in the Strathcona neighbourhood. Please enable JavaScript before you proceed. Your browser either doesn't support JavaScript or you have it turned off. Please consider becoming a new friend of The Tyee by signing up as a Tyee Builder today. ![]() We need more people to sign up with monthly or annual commitments to help us sustain our work and plan for the future. And we’re always looking to expand our community. Builders are special people whose contributions are powering an innovative, critically-minded news organization that swims against the current, speaks truth to power and sparks the careers of the next generation of journalists. Tyee Builders are why our pages are free of paywalls or walls of ads. Tyee Builders keep The Tyee’s independent journalism freely accessible to everyone. Often it’s in the range of the price of an afternoon treat for two friends. They support The Tyee by providing a monthly, annual or one-time donation in an amount that works for them. The Tyee is powered by a committed community of such people who we call Tyee Builders. The kind of people who step in when it counts, and who are unafraid to act on their values. It’s a diverse, courageous and feisty bunch. One of the great joys of this work is connecting with the community around The Tyee. Become a friend of The Tyee for $15 a month ![]()
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