The New Westminster Police Board has discontinued the pay of Const. Jeffrey Klassen who was convicted earlier this month of assaulting newspaper carrier Firoz Khan of Surrey outside a downtown Vancouver hotel two years ago. A board hearing was held on Tuesday (April 19) and his pay and allowances were suspended Wednesday. He was suspended with pay when criminal charges were laid in January 2009. New Westminster police are declining comment because although the criminal trial, except for the sentencing, is over a Police Act investigation is still ongoing.
Klassen is due to be sentenced on May 10.