CHINA-CANADA: CANADIAN BUSINESSMAN MICHAEL SPAVOR SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IMPRISONMENT ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES BUT WITH PROVISION FOR DEPORTATION

The court in Dandong has sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison on charges of spying. The court said Spavor, whose closed-door trial in March lasted little more than two hours, would also be deported but did not say when, and confiscated some of his personal property.
(Comment: Spavor and Michael Kovrig, an analyst with the International Crisis Group, are the two Canadians who were detained in China in December 2018, shortly after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, on an extradition request by the United States. Kovrig is awaiting the verdict.)







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