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Calgary physician accused of abducting son and fleeing overseas hires new lawyer | CBC News
Muhammad Zia-Ur Rahman, who is accused of abducting his son and leading police on a global chase over two years, has hired a new lawyer.
Muhammad Zia-Ur Rahman, 62, was denied bail last month
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A Calgary man accused of abducting his son and leading police on a global chase over two years has hired a new lawyer.
Muhammad Zia-Ur Rahman, who is 62, was denied bail last month, with the judge saying he represented a flight risk.
In court Wednesday, Rahman confirmed he dismissed one of his lawyers who represented him during the bail hearing and retained new counsel.
Rahman is scheduled to be back in court Feb. 26 while his new lawyer awaits more disclosure from the Crown.
The Calgary physician was captured in December at an airport in Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, and brought back to Calgary on Jan. 17.
Police say the boy, now seven, was reunited with his mother just before Christmas.
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