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Michael Kovrig (left) and Michael Spavor (right) In December 2018, Canadian nationals Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were taken into custody in China. It appeared that their detention on December 10 and subsequent indictment under the state secrets law were linked to the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, in Canada on December 1. [1]
The arrest was widely interpreted as retaliation for Canada's arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On August 10, 2021, Spavor was sentenced to 11 years in prison for espionage. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On September 24, 2021, Spavor was released after the dropping of Meng Wanzhou 's extradition request as part of her deferred prosecution ...
Both Spavor and Kovrig were arrested nine days after the Huawei arrest and released the same day in September 2021 that the Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, was allowed to return to China, ending ...
After Meng's arrest, Chinese police arrested two other Canadian citizens. On December 10, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were arrested by the National Security Agency in Dandong, Liaoning. Kovrig and Spavor were charged with jeopardising China's national security.
Businessman Michael Spavor and diplomat Michael Kovrig were arrested shortly after Meng was in 2018.They were held in Chinese jails for more than a thousand days. In August, Spavor was sentenced ...
Canada said its consular officials were refused permission to attend the proceedings against Michael Spavor, who is accused by China of stealing state secrets. ... than two years in apparent ...
Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are both Canadian citizens who were detained in 2018 using RSDL. The detention of these two Canadians was allegedly in retaliation for the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wenzhou by Canadian authorities and her resulting extradition to the United States. [20]
Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Ralph Goodale, says the arrests of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in China are an "arbitrary action", and that Canada will continue to demand that the detainees are treated fairly. Goodale says that China has produced no evidence to indicate any validity to the criminal ...