THE PROVINCE
Friday, August 28, 1998

Canadian Press


p. A25.

Diplomat a john?

TORONTO -- A diplomat with the Romanian consulate-general was charged after a man tried to pick up a female police officer posing as a prostitute. Police said a man was cruising in a car with diplomatic licence plates when he was arrested Aug. 14 in a west-end Toronto john sweep. The suspect, Chivel Porumb, 43, is listed as a consul and trade commissioner. He has partial diplomatic immunity, but can be deported if convicted.

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