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Written by: Xu Yi'an
2021-06-11 08:53
Last update date: 2021-06-11 08:53
Canadian media quoted three sources on June 7 as saying that Canadian ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, went to the United States in early April to discuss with him the possibility of "suspending prosecution of Meng Wanzhou."
The Globe and Mail stated on the 7th that at the request of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Bao Damin went to Washington, the United States for a three-week secret meeting with senior U.S. officials in early April. The main purpose was to promote China’s release of Michael Spavor (Michael Spavor). ) And Michael Kovrig (Michael Kovrig).
The article stated that in order to achieve this goal, the United States discussed the possibility of "suspending the prosecution of Meng Wanzhou" in Washington.
According to the article, Bao Damin has met with officials from the White House National Security Council, the Ministry of Justice, the State Council, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce in the United States.
The court in British Columbia, Canada, will conduct a hearing on Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case on March 31, 2021. The picture shows her returning to the court before the end of the hearing.
(AP)
Spaffer was indicted in China on suspicion of spying overseas and illegally providing state secrets. The case was heard in private at the Intermediate People's Court of Dandong City, Liaoning on March 19.
Spaffer and his defense lawyers will appear in court, and the court will choose a date to pronounce the verdict in accordance with the law.
The case of Kang Mingkai suspected of endangering China's national security was tried behind closed doors in Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court on March 22. Diplomats from more than 20 countries, including Canada and the United States, arrived at the court before the trial began.
On May 16, 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed that two people were arrested. On June 19, 2020, the Second Branch of the Beijing Municipal People’s Procuratorate allegedly accused Beijing of spying on state secrets and intelligence crimes to the Second Intermediate Level of Beijing. The People's Court filed a public prosecution. On the same day, Spafer was prosecuted by the Dandong City People's Procuratorate of Liaoning Province on suspicion of spying abroad and illegally providing state secrets to the Dandong City Intermediate People's Court.
Meng Wanzhou, vice chairman and chief financial officer of Huawei, was arrested on a flight from Hong Kong to Mexico on December 1, 2018, while transiting at Vancouver Airport.
Canada stated that the arrest was made at the request of the US Department of Justice.
After that, Sino-Canada relations took a turn for the worse.
There are voices that the detention of Kovrig Mingkai and Spaffer in China is related to the Meng Wanzhou incident. In addition to them, 2 Canadians were sentenced to death for drug offences within two days of August 2020.
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