▁and ▁what ▁will ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁secret ▁treatment ▁in ▁the ▁future . ▁With ▁secret ▁tri als ▁being ▁ant ith et ical ▁to ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁a ▁free ▁and ▁open ▁society , ▁it ▁seems ▁reasonable ▁that ▁their ▁use ▁should ▁at ▁least ▁demand ▁an ▁explanation . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁interesting ▁tw ist , ▁the ▁court ▁may ▁have ▁injured ▁itself , ▁as ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁any ▁explanation ▁for ▁its ▁decision ▁has ▁und erm ined ▁the ▁court ' s ▁cred ibility ▁with ▁numerous ▁obser vers ▁who ▁have ▁suggested ▁that ▁impro per ▁pressure ▁on ▁the ▁court ▁from ▁certain ▁powerful ▁figures ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁government , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁any ▁comp elling ▁legal ▁just ification , ▁was ▁the ▁real ▁reason ▁for ▁holding ▁the ▁hear ings ▁in ▁secret . ▁ ▁Police ▁alleg ations ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁V ancouver ▁Police ▁Department , ▁Peter ▁Gill ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁P reet ▁Sar b j it ▁Gill ) ▁and ▁his ▁brother - in - law ▁ran ▁a ▁gang ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁drug ▁trade ▁in ▁V ancouver . ▁ ▁Police ▁believed ▁that ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁gang ▁l ured ▁Jim sh er ▁D os an j h ▁( aged ▁ 2 6 ) ▁to ▁an ▁al ley , ▁where ▁they ▁murder ed ▁him ▁with ▁machine ▁guns . ▁Two ▁months ▁later , ▁the ▁gang ▁alleg edly ▁also ▁murder ed ▁D os an j h ' s ▁brother ▁Ran j it . ▁ ▁Rel ations hip ▁between ▁Gu ess ▁and ▁Gill ▁In ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Regin a ▁v .