SA ‘criminal’ chooses Canadian jail - KwaZulu-Natal - IOL | Breaking News | South Africa News | World News | Sport | Business | Entertainment | IOL.co.za: "Twenty-three-year-old Francois Meerholz, who has been described by the Canadian media as “a South African 
criminal” with alleged gang ties, including links to the Hell’s Angels affiliate club Renegade Bikers, was due to be ordered to leave Canada on January 31.Born in South Africa, Meerholz moved to Prince George in Canada when he was 10 years old. He has been the cause of outrage among the Canadian public and the subject of intense media speculation this week as he had already been convicted of crimes in Canada and was out on bail for seven charges relating to firearms when he was picked up by the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA).
He was to have been deported on January 31, but remained in Canada. The reason cited in Canadian newspapers was that the South African government still had to issue the necessary travel documents.
A spokesman for the SA Department of International Affairs, Clayson Monyela, said yesterday that while the Canadian government was well within their rights to deport someone with criminal convictions, he was concerned with the context in which the Canadian media had reported on the matter, in dubbing Meerholz a “South African criminal.”"
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