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Detained Canadian in China probed for harming national security
This is what authoritarian regime's do ..... take hostages to protect their criminal national's abroad.
Pariah nations are simply going to have to be declared "no go" zones. If you travel there, expect no assistance to extract your stupid ass.
12/12/18
Chinese authorities are questioning former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig - detained days after the arrest in Canada of a Chinese businesswoman - on suspicion of engaging in activities that harmed China's national security. State-run Beijing News said on Wednesday that Kovrig, who works for the International Crisis Group (ICG), had become the subject of an investigation by the Beijing State Security Bureau. He was detained after police in Canada arrested the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies on December 1 at the request of US authorities, infuriating Beijing.
William Nee, China researcher for Amnesty International's East Asia Regional Office in Hong Kong, said Kovrig's detention was alarming, especially as it appeared to be the first time the law has been used to detain a foreign NGO worker. Guy Saint-Jacques, Canada's former ambassador to China, was asked by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday whether the Kovrig detention was a coincidence after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. "In China, there are no coincidences ... If they want to send you a message, they will send you a message," he said. A Western diplomat in China, who asked not to be identified, was even more blunt: "This is a political kidnapping."
This is what authoritarian regime's do ..... take hostages to protect their criminal national's abroad.
Pariah nations are simply going to have to be declared "no go" zones. If you travel there, expect no assistance to extract your stupid ass.