Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Chinese officials are not respecting the diplomatic immunity of one of the Canadians detained in China last month as he ramped up efforts to get them released.<\/p>\n
China arrested former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor on vague national security allegations.The arrests came after a top Chinese executive was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 at the request of Washington, which wants Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou extradited to face charges that she misled banks about the company\u2019s business dealings in Iran. She is out on bail in Canada and awaiting a bail extradition proceeding next month.<\/p>\n
Kovrig is an analyst on northeast Asia for the International Crisis Group think tank who took a leave of absence from the Canadian government.\u201cIt is unfortunate that China has arbitrarily and unfairly detained two Canadian citizens, and indeed in one of the cases is not respecting the principles of diplomatic immunity,\u201d Trudeau said.<\/p>\n
But the prime minister reiterated that Canada was operating under the rule of law. He noted that Meng was arrested because of an extradition request and she is out on bail and living in her Canadian home. He said all countries need to respect the rule of law.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s ambassador to Canada accused the country this week of \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d in calling for the release of the two Canadians detained in China last month, while describing the detentions as an \u201cact of self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Canada has embarked on a campaign with allies to win the release of the detained Canadians. The United States, United Kingdom, European Union and Australia have issued statements in support.<\/p>\n
The development comes as the US is exerting pressure on its allies not to use Huawei, the world\u2019s biggest maker of telecommunications network equipment, over data security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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