Lawyers vote to reinstate suspended Quebec Bar president

MONTREAL – Members of the Quebec Bar have voted in favour of reinstating Lu Chan Khuong as president of their association.

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Close to a thousand members met Monday night in Laval to deal with what many are calling a crisis in the legal community.

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Khuong was suspended in July after reports she was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting at a Simons department store last spring.

Khuong alleged the information was leaked to the media in an effort to discredit her and sabotage her efforts to reform the association.

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She has since launched a $95,000 lawsuit against the bar and the bar countered with its own suit.