B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gordon Weatherill has issued an arrest warrant for disbarred B.C. lawyer Hong Guo after she failed to show up for her contempt of court sentencing hearing.
“Ms. Guo is not entitled to continue to hold the plaintiffs or this court hostage by her refusal to participate,” said Weatherill before issuing the warrant on Tuesday. Chen said he didn’t know whether Guo has ever returned to Canada since departing for Beijing, or whether she intends to in the future.
The lawyer for the investors also spoke to Guo's multiple hearings with the Law Society of B.C. that eventually resulted in her disbarment last November, following multiple findings of professional misconduct, including lying to society investigators.“Hong Guo pops up when she feels like it,” said Forrester.
“Hong Guo has run out of chances and it’s necessary for the administration of justice that she be incarcerated,” said Forrester. Together Yu and Yan formed Vancouver Soho Holding Ltd. to buy a $37 million residential development project on Minoru Boulevard in Richmond, in 2013.