Chinese authorities have formally arrested two Canadians who have been held in detention for five months on suspicion of espionage
Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were detained on December 10, accused of gathering and stealing"sensitive information and other intelligence" since 2017.Their detainment came shortly after the arrest of a Chinese executive in Vancouver, a move which infuriated Beijing and sparked a diplomatic crisis.
At her latest court hearing on May 9, her lawyers reiterated that she was innocent and called the arrest"an unlawful abuse of process."Speaking in March, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said that both Canada and the US had"abused their bilateral extradition treaty and took forced actions on a Chinese citizen."Meng is currently under house arrest in Vancouver and is facing extradition to the US.
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