Canadian Emigration and the Goudoira

Two leaders in the community who had challenged both canada's emigration policies and its treatment of people on the comagata maro, were killed when an informant for canadian emigration opened fire. When they finally got back to india, the british government had police waiting for them. The inspector was well known to vancouver south asian community as being corrupt, discriminatory and for making threats. He constantly harassed people and tried to bribe men to get them to turn into informants. Miwa sing did not resist arrest, and at his trial, spoke about the effects that the shooting inside the goudoira had on the community. And i know i have shot hopkinson