Canada Releases "Old-Man Disguise" Asylum Seeker

TORONTO - A Chinese asylum seeker who boarded a flight from Hong Kong to Canada disguised as an elderly white man has been released from Canadian custody after more than three months in detention.

Lawyer Daniel McLeod said Friday that his client was released on condition he post a $5,035 bond and report weekly to the Canada Border Services Agency. The man's identity cannot be revealed due to a publication ban.

The man boarded an Air Canada flight in Hong Kong wearing a remarkably detailed silicone mask. A government intelligence report says he removed the disguise in a washroom mid-flight before landing in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Oct. 29.

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McLeod says someone has agreed to post the bond and provide accommodation, but could not provide further details.