(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Belhassen Trabelsi, who's the eldest brother of Ben Ali's wife, is said to have arrived in Montreal with his family and a nanny aboard a private jet last week.
Tunisia has urged Canadian authorities to arrest him. Reports say Ottawa has already revoked the billionaire's permanent residency status, saying Tunisia's former ruling clan is not welcome in the country.
Ben Ali and his family fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14 after days of street protests put an end to his 23-year rule.
The international police agency (Interpol) earlier issued a global arrest warrant for Ben Ali and six of his family members including his wife, Leila Trabelsi.
Thousands of protesters have kept up their daily rallies in the streets of Tunisia, calling for old regime politicians to be swept from power and for the abolition of Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally party.
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