Two Convicted of Assault in Poirier Rec Centre Fight

'Some sort of machoism took over': Weight bench dispute triggers B.C. gym assault

A pair of immigrants from Syria and Iraq have been convicted of assault causing bodily harm in a British Columbia gym dispute sparked by their victim moving a weight bench. Ali Alabed and Sa’Ad Munshed were working out together at the Poirier Recreation Centre in Coquitlam, B.C., on Feb. 27, 2024, when Zhe Ming Bryan Wong asked an elderly Asian man who was exercising with dumbbells if the weight bench beside him was free. The man gave him a nod …

Two convicted of assault in Poirier rec centre fight

photo supplied City of Coquitlam A confrontation that started over a weight room bench escalated into a confrontation that left one man with cracked bones around his eye and another needing a tooth implant, according to a recent B.C. Provincial Court judgment. Three men were exercising at Poirier rec centre in February 2024 when Zhe Ming Bryan Wong grabbed a weight bench, leading to a confrontation with Sa’Ad Munshed. Munshed walked toward Wong …