Jack Hundial, a former Surrey Mountie, said he got the “single threat” message about 6:30 am Monday. The messenger had a social media profile containing their name and threatened to shoot both Hundial and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Surrey RCMP arrested the unidentified man in connection to the alleged threats on Wednesday. Hundial said he hopes the person is held accountable that a “very strong clear message is sent that people can’t be bullied.”

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

SURREY – Surrey’s toxic politics erupted this week when Indo-Canadian councilor, an outspoken critic of Mayor Doug McCallum and his team as well the wasteful spending on Surrey police by the Mayor, was threatened with a direct message on messenger about killing the opposition politician.

Jack Hundial, a former Surrey Mountie, said he got the message about 6:30 am Monday. The messenger had a social media profile containing their name and threatened to shoot both Hundial and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Surrey RCMP arrested the unidentified man in connection to the alleged threats on Wednesday.

Police said it received a report of threats of violence against Hundial on November 23 that were made toward a member of Surrey city council and the Prime Minister. 

The Surrey RCMP General Investigation Unit (GIU) launched an investigation and on November 25, a suspect was arrested for two counts of uttering threats. Later that day, the suspect, a 42-year old man from Surrey, was released on conditions with a court date scheduled for January. The man was not previously known to police.  

Hundial did not want to specify details of the message or identify the social media platform the person used because of the police investigation.

But he said the message was disturbing enough that he contacted police after doing his own assessment of the situation and discussing the threat with his partner, reported CTV News.

Hundial said the message contained “a single threat. And it was direct. It came through messenger online and had a bunch of slurs attached to it.”

One of the names he was called was “pig … you know, referencing my previous career,” he said.

“And it was basically saying, put a bullet in me. And he also made reference to the Prime Minister — Trudeau — as well.”

The person who sent the message did not refer to the controversial decision to replace the Surrey RCMP with a municipal force, but Hundial believes the rhetoric around the issue may have led to the threat.

“I’ve been fairly outspoken my position on the police transition. And certainly, this didn’t happen when I was a police officer,” he said.

“I don’t mind engaging in political discussion and discourse. But recently in Surrey, the level of the discourse on the political side has certainly escalated with all these fake posts and memes going around. … And I put that squarely on the shoulders of the mayor and his team, which seem to be the biggest instigators of this.”

Mayor Doug McCallum had no comment on the threat to Hundial, his media representative, OIiver Lum, said Tuesday, reported CTV News.

Hundial said he hopes the person is held accountable that a “very strong clear message is sent that people can’t be bullied.”

“We do live in a civilized society and people need to act like it. You need to tone down the rhetoric.”

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, or Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solvecrime.ca.