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http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mother...girlfriend-could-face-death-penalty-1.3005936
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Thursday, July 28, 2016 10:18AM EDT
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s pop-star girlfriend has written a song dedicated to her mother, who is being tried in China for corruption charges stemming from a government land transfer deal.
For two years, Wanting Qu, a Chinese-Canadian pop star, has been cut off from her mother, Qu Zhang Mingjie, who could face execution for suspected financial crimes.
A former city official in the northeastern city of Harbin, Zhang was arrested in 2014.
Chinese prosecutors have accused Zhang of embezzling the equivalent of nearly $70 million. According to the English-language Chinese newspaper South China Morning Post, government lawyers plan to seek the death penalty.
Last week, Qu, a singer who has a huge following across Asia, released a new single called “Your Girl.” She dedicated the song to her mom.
In a statement, Qu said that she hasn’t been able to talk or “reach” her mother at all in the last two years.
“I hope she can hear the song and it gives her love and strength,” Qu said.
On Twitter, Qu has not commented directly on the trial or her mother in recent months. But in one tweet she writes that the past year and seven months have been a "nightmare."
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Thursday, July 28, 2016 10:18AM EDT
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s pop-star girlfriend has written a song dedicated to her mother, who is being tried in China for corruption charges stemming from a government land transfer deal.
For two years, Wanting Qu, a Chinese-Canadian pop star, has been cut off from her mother, Qu Zhang Mingjie, who could face execution for suspected financial crimes.
A former city official in the northeastern city of Harbin, Zhang was arrested in 2014.
Chinese prosecutors have accused Zhang of embezzling the equivalent of nearly $70 million. According to the English-language Chinese newspaper South China Morning Post, government lawyers plan to seek the death penalty.
Last week, Qu, a singer who has a huge following across Asia, released a new single called “Your Girl.” She dedicated the song to her mom.
In a statement, Qu said that she hasn’t been able to talk or “reach” her mother at all in the last two years.
“I hope she can hear the song and it gives her love and strength,” Qu said.
On Twitter, Qu has not commented directly on the trial or her mother in recent months. But in one tweet she writes that the past year and seven months have been a "nightmare."
