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OTTAWA — Canada will continue to fight for the release of Michael Spavor and other Canadians arbitrarily detained in China, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc…
A Canadian entrepreneur was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, in a spy case linked to Beijing's effort to push his country to release an executive of tech giant Huawei, prompting an unusual joint show of support for Canada by the United States, Japan and 23 other governments.
A Chinese court sentenced Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spying case linked to Beijing's pressure campaign against the Canadian government over the arrest of an executive at tech giant Huawei.
He was detained in 2018 in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a Huawei executive on a US extradition warrant.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Federal leaders were united Wednesday in calling for the release of two Canadians detained by China after one was sentenced to 11 years in prison in a case that has put them -- and Canada -- at the centre of a bitter battle between China and the United States.