{"id":71056,"date":"2021-08-11T14:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=71056"},"modified":"2021-08-11T14:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:58:58","slug":"canadian-jailed-for-11-years-in-china-on-spying-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=71056","title":{"rendered":"Canadian jailed for 11 years in China on spying charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img class=\"wp-image-71057 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/119885754_hi069320644-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/119885754_hi069320644-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/119885754_hi069320644-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/119885754_hi069320644-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/119885754_hi069320644-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/119885754_hi069320644.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/>News Desk:<\/strong> A court in the Chinese city of Dandong has sentenced a Canadian citizen to 11 years on charges of spying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael Spavor has been detained since 2018, after being arrested with fellow Canadian ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The verdict will further test a strained relationship between the Canadian and Chinese governments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It comes as an extradition battle involving Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei, is taking place in Canada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In a statement published on Wednesday, the Dandong court said: &#8220;For the crime of spying and illegal provision of state secrets abroad [Spavor] has been sentenced to 11 years in jail, confiscation of 50,000 yuan ($7715: \u00a3557) worth of personal property and deportation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It's not yet clear when the deportation will take place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">China had separately on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a Canadian citizen who was found guilty of drug smuggling &#8211; upholding his death sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Desk: A court in the Chinese city of Dandong has sentenced a Canadian citizen to 11 years on charges of spying. 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