Canada to appeal ‘unjust’ conviction of businessman in China
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Canadian foreign minister says Michael Spavor’s conviction for spying in China is the result of a ‘sham trial’.
Canada is planning to appeal the conviction of a Canadian businessman in China, says the country’s foreign affairs minister, slamming the 11-year sentence handed down to Michael Spavor on spying charges as the result of a “sham trial”. In a news conference on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau cited a lack of evidence in the case against Michael Spavor, who for years ran a travel and cultural exchange business between China and North Korea. Spavor “was convicted of espionage and illegally providing state secrets”, Dandong city’s Intermediate People’s Court said in a statement on Wednesday. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison.More Related News