No new evidence
Zhang Dongshuo, a lawyer for Schellenberg, said on Tuesday that his client would appeal, arguing that the court should not have increased his sentence given no new evidence had been introduced.
Schellenberg had appealed against an original 15-year prison sentence issued in November, but the Dalian Intermediate People's Court in the northeastern province of Liaoning sided with prosecutors at the retrial that the punishment was too light.
Zhang said there was insufficient evidence to prove Schellenberg was part of a drug syndicate, or that he was involved in the smuggling of methamphetamines.
Even if the court accepted all of the charges, it should not have increased his sentence, given that facts the prosecution presented as new evidence had already been heard in court, Zhang told Reuters.
"Chinese law stipulates that during an appeal, only if new evidence is discovered and retried can there be an increase in the severity of a sentence," Zhang said.
China has not linked any of the three Canadians' cases to Meng's arrest, which was made at the behest of U.S. authorities as part of an investigation into alleged violations of U.S. trade sanctions. But Beijing had warned of severe consequences if she was not immediately released.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-blasts-trudeau-remarks-canadian-death-sentence-1.4978443
No new evidence
Zhang Dongshuo, a lawyer for Schellenberg, said on Tuesday that his client would appeal, arguing that the court should not have increased his sentence given no new evidence had been introduced.
Schellenberg had appealed against an original 15-year prison sentence issued in November, but the Dalian Intermediate People's Court in the northeastern province of Liaoning sided with prosecutors at the retrial that the punishment was too light.
Zhang said there was insufficient evidence to prove Schellenberg was part of a drug syndicate, or that he was involved in the smuggling of methamphetamines.
Even if the court accepted all of the charges, it should not have increased his sentence, given that facts the prosecution presented as new evidence had already been heard in court, Zhang told Reuters.
"Chinese law stipulates that during an appeal, only if new evidence is discovered and retried can there be an increase in the severity of a sentence," Zhang said.
China has not linked any of the three Canadians' cases to Meng's arrest, which was made at the behest of U.S. authorities as part of an investigation into alleged violations of U.S. trade sanctions. But Beijing had warned of severe consequences if she was not immediately released.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-blasts-trudeau-remarks-canadian-death-sentence-1.4978443
谁都不要考虑,就当没发生。你帮美國抓了人,无论多符合国际法规惯例,你都要有牺牲本国公民的预期准备,这点狠毒要同哈珀学。这人死定了,就是放了孟女士也救不了他了。小土豆该考虑的是另两个人。
苏斌不一样,他的确犯了罪,而且被抓了现行,他也认罪了。谁也没办法救他。那两个加拿大人也坐了两年牢,不是给面子。现在好像在泰国。谁都不要考虑,就当没发生。你帮美國抓了人,无论多符合国际法规惯例,你都要有牺牲本国公民的预期准备,这点狠毒要同哈珀学。
抓苏斌对抓二个加拿大人,没人責备哈珀,哈珀也没责备中国,要求放人啊。最后这二人还是中国给小土豆面子,放出来的。