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A fashion show featuring Indonesian styles was part of Alun-Alun 2016, an Indonesian food and cultural show held on Oct. 8 at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. For the first time ever, the Permai B.C. Association opened up its annual celebration of Indonesian culture to the general public. The event also featured traditional dancing, gamelan music and food – all designed to help spread awareness about Indonesian culture. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
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Coach faces child porn, voyeurism charges Fifty-nine-year-old coach charged in Coquitlam spent time as a coach with the BurnabyWinter Club Jeremy Deutsch
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A youth sports coach with ties to Burnaby is facing numerous child pornography charges out of Coquitlam. On Wednesday, Coquitlam RCMP announced that 59-year-old Randy Downes is facing sever-
al charges, including four counts of making child pornography, one count of possession of child pornography and four counts of voyeurism. While all the charges relate to incidents in Coquitlam from June 2013 up to August of this year, RCMP are asking the pub-
lic for help and information to further the investigation, while also reaching out to sport organizations across the Lower Mainland. Police noted Downes coached various levels of hockey and baseball since the 1990s and has worked as a photographer for hockey, baseball and soccer.
He also spent time as a coach with the Burnaby Winter Club. According to NOW files, Downes was the coach of the club’s Atom A1 team as late as February 2013. It’s unclear when he started coaching the club and when he left.The NOW reached out to the Burnaby
Winter Club for comment but didn’t hear back before press deadline. Coquitlam RCMP said the investigation into Downes started after receiving information from the B.C. Integrated Child Exploitation Unit on March 31, 2016. On April 27, investigators executed a
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search warrant at a home and seized digital evidence which police say contained images of children that meet the criteria for voyeurism and child pornography. Police said there is no evidence to suggest Downes had any sexual contact with the children. Continued on page 4
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