Foreign Affairs Minister says second Canadian may have been detained in China

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Ottawa has lost contact with a Canadian citizen in China who reached out to federal officials to report being questioned by Chinese authorities, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday.

Freeland said officials from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) have not been able to get in touch with the unnamed individual since they contacted her department.

The minister revealed the news during a briefing in Ottawa called to address China's arrest of Michael Kovrig, a Canadian diplomat on leave who was taken into custody earlier this week by Chinese authorities.

Freeland said Canada has reached out to Chinese officials to inquire about the unnamed individual's case, and to the individual's family. She said she would not reveal any more about the case, calling it a "delicate situation" and adding she wants to respect the privacy of the individual's family.

This latest report comes after the news that Kovrig, who is on leave from GAC to work for an NGO in China, was detained by Chinese officials without explanation earlier this week. Freeland said Wednesday that Canada has yet to get consular access to Kovrig and has not been provided with information about his whereabouts.

Kovrig's arrest came days after Canada detained the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, on an extradition request from the U.S. Freeland said that Meng, who has been released on bail, was given consular access immediately after her arrest.

Since the arrest of Meng, Canada has argued that the request to detain Meng was made at the officials' level and was not politically motivated. It's an argument that has not been easy to make to Chinese officials, according to a senior government official speaking to CBC earlier this week on background.

The minister repeated that position again today when asked whether U.S. President Donald Trump's statement Tuesday evening — that he was willing to intervene in the case if it would help his country's interests with China on security or trade — had politically tainted the extradition process.

Be warned: Canada will follow the law
"If I think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made — which is a very important thing — what's good for national security, I would certainly intervene if I thought it was necessary," Trump said.

In her answer, Freeland delivered a veiled threat to the U.S., saying that any decision to extradite Meng would be based on the rule of law and the interests of justice, and not on the political objectives of any foreign country.

"It will be up to Ms. Meng's lawyers whether they chose to raise comments in the U.S. as part of their defence of Ms. Meng and it will then be up to the Canadian judicial process, to Canadian judges, how to weigh the significance of what Ms. Meng's lawyers say," Freeland said.

The minister said that if Canadian courts decide that the U.S. has successfully met the threshold to extradite Meng to the States, the Attorney General of Canada, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, would then decide on whether to agree to the extradition request.

"It, I think, is quite obvious that it ought to be incumbent on parties seeking an extradition from Canada, recognizing that Canada is a rule-of-law country, to ensure that any extradition request is about ensuring that justice is done, is about ensuring that the rule of law is respected and is not politicized or used for any other purpose," she said.

Freeland returned to this point throughout her press conference, saying she had spoken to her American counterpart, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, about the request for Meng's extradition, emphasizing Canada's position.

"I think in the world today, where the rule of law is under threat in some parts of the world, being a rule-of-law country is more important now than ever," Freeland said. "And what I can commit to for Canadians, and for our partners around the world, is that Canada will very faithfully follow the rule of law."

 

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如果我没掐错的话，孟在被给予全部自由假释后，使馆和领事机构已经和孟全方位的沟通，估计是了解到更让中方愤怒的细节。。。。。中方才会主动把事态升级，再抓1个在华加拿大人。。。。。

 

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如果我没掐错的话，孟在被给予全部自由假释后，使馆和领事机构已经和孟全方位的沟通，估计是了解到更让中方愤怒的细节。。。。。中方才会主动把事态升级，再抓1个在华加拿大人。。。。。

支持你充分发挥想象力，继续用力掐。

 

[Hard Worker]

支持你充分发挥想象力，继续用力掐。

热狗都掐成披萨了。

 

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Ottawa has lost contact with a Canadian citizen in China who reached out to federal officials to report being questioned by Chinese authorities, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday.

Freeland said officials from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) have not been able to get in touch with the unnamed individual since they contacted her department.

The minister revealed the news during a briefing in Ottawa called to address China's arrest of Michael Kovrig, a Canadian diplomat on leave who was taken into custody earlier this week by Chinese authorities.

Freeland said Canada has reached out to Chinese officials to inquire about the unnamed individual's case, and to the individual's family. She said she would not reveal any more about the case, calling it a "delicate situation" and adding she wants to respect the privacy of the individual's family.

This latest report comes after the news that Kovrig, who is on leave from GAC to work for an NGO in China, was detained by Chinese officials without explanation earlier this week. Freeland said Wednesday that Canada has yet to get consular access to Kovrig and has not been provided with information about his whereabouts.

Kovrig's arrest came days after Canada detained the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, on an extradition request from the U.S. Freeland said that Meng, who has been released on bail, was given consular access immediately after her arrest.

Since the arrest of Meng, Canada has argued that the request to detain Meng was made at the officials' level and was not politically motivated. It's an argument that has not been easy to make to Chinese officials, according to a senior government official speaking to CBC earlier this week on background.

The minister repeated that position again today when asked whether U.S. President Donald Trump's statement Tuesday evening — that he was willing to intervene in the case if it would help his country's interests with China on security or trade — had politically tainted the extradition process.

Be warned: Canada will follow the law
"If I think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made — which is a very important thing — what's good for national security, I would certainly intervene if I thought it was necessary," Trump said.

In her answer, Freeland delivered a veiled threat to the U.S., saying that any decision to extradite Meng would be based on the rule of law and the interests of justice, and not on the political objectives of any foreign country.

"It will be up to Ms. Meng's lawyers whether they chose to raise comments in the U.S. as part of their defence of Ms. Meng and it will then be up to the Canadian judicial process, to Canadian judges, how to weigh the significance of what Ms. Meng's lawyers say," Freeland said.

The minister said that if Canadian courts decide that the U.S. has successfully met the threshold to extradite Meng to the States, the Attorney General of Canada, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, would then decide on whether to agree to the extradition request.

"It, I think, is quite obvious that it ought to be incumbent on parties seeking an extradition from Canada, recognizing that Canada is a rule-of-law country, to ensure that any extradition request is about ensuring that justice is done, is about ensuring that the rule of law is respected and is not politicized or used for any other purpose," she said.

Freeland returned to this point throughout her press conference, saying she had spoken to her American counterpart, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, about the request for Meng's extradition, emphasizing Canada's position.

"I think in the world today, where the rule of law is under threat in some parts of the world, being a rule-of-law country is more important now than ever," Freeland said. "And what I can commit to for Canadians, and for our partners around the world, is that Canada will very faithfully follow the rule of law."

我的线人报，第二个被抓的人是赵本山。

 

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我的线人报，第二个被抓的人是赵本山。

Really!?

 

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More:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...wei-extradition-case-justin-trudeau-says.html

 

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Michael Spavor, a Canadian whose company brings tourists and hockey players into North Korea, has gone missing in China, days after Beijing’s detention of former diplomat Michael Kovrig.

Mr. Spavor and Mr. Kovrig know each other, according to two people familiar with the men. Mr. Spavor was expected in Seoul this week, but did not arrive, a person who knows him said.

 

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这俩帮美国搞北韩情报

 

[Hard Worker]

这俩帮美国搞北韩情报

是否引渡到朝鲜去？

 

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这俩帮美国搞北韩情报

这么说的话，应该与以前在丹东被指控的那位类似，不会是搞朝鲜情报，应该是与朝鲜相关的情报。

 

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这哥们是加拿大一个旅游和体育经纪， 和金三关系很好。组织了很多西方人员去北韩的访问。 估计这人不是一个简单的生意人。
土共拿他试刀可能要斩断西方和北韩目前恩爱的关系。

掐算啊，现在土共要打北韩的牌了。

https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-spavor-north-korea-kim-jong-un-2018-2

How a mild-mannered Canadian became friends with Kim Jong Un and got up close to North Korea's military parade
Ben Brimelow

Feb. 9, 2018, 3:02 PM

A military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, in July 2013.
Reuters

• A Canadian man has managed to become friendly with Kim Jong Un and some of North Korea's highest-ranking government officials.
• Michael Spavor says he also helped organize one of Dennis Rodman's trips to North Korea.
• He evidently gets unique access to North Korea's military parades and showcased some up-close video of the one this week.

While only a handful of Westerners can say they are welcomed into North Korea regularly, Michael Spavor appears to move around the restrictive country freely.

Spavor, a Canadian national who runs a nonprofit that offers trips to North Korea, even says he's friendly with high-level members of the North Korean government, including the country's leader, Kim Jong Un.

While many foreign media outlets were barred from North Korea's military parade on Thursday, Spavor was somehow front and center, streaming an unfiltered view of the tanks and missiles that rolled by.

Here is a short video clip of some tanks from today's military parade in Pyongyang, DPRK pic.twitter.com/Oqw8Oo2lSM

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Michael Spavor@mpspavor
https://twitter.com/mpspavor/status/961535188416081920

Here is a short video clip of some tanks from today's military parade in Pyongyang, DPRK


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Spavor became infatuated with North Korea during a trip to Seoul in the late 1990s, according to a 2013 profile in Maclean's, a Canadian magazine. The reporter, Nicholas Kohler, described him as "an affable, mild-mannered type" who was "not what you'd expect from an emissary to North Korea."

Spavor eventually went to live in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, for six months in 2005, working as a teacher at a school affiliated with a Canadian nongovernmental organization, the magazine reported. He also ran a school in Yanji, a Chinese city close to North Korea's border.

Since 2005, he has been in and out of the country so many times that he now speaks the North Korean dialect fluently — so much so that he sometimes fools people on the phone, he told Maclean's.


LONG ISLAND ICED TEAS: Kim Jong Un shares cocktails with Michael Spavor of the Paektu Cultural Exchange on board the North Korean leader's private yacht in Wonsan in September, 2013. Michael Spavor/Handout via REUTERS 3 / 11 https://www.reuters.com/investigate...-wonsan/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social #longislandicetea #cocktails #reuters #yachtparty #yatch #kimjongun #dprk #wonsan #smoking #paektuexchanges http://paektuculturalexchange.org/2017-trips-delegations-2/

A post shared by Michael Spavor (@paektuexchanges) on Oct 10, 2017 at 11:25am PDTOct 10, 2017 at 11:25am PDT

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Spavor says he helped Dennis Rodman, the former Chicago Bulls star turned self-styled diplomat, get back into North Korea in 2013 after his trip there with Vice News earlier that year.

Spavor went with Rodman, Chris Volo, a mixed martial arts fighter, and Joseph Terwilliger, a geneticist at the Columbia University Medical Center, into the country, where they spent time with Kim at his seaside estate.

Though Kim "is portrayed as serious" in the media, Spavor told Maclean's, they "were able to see a more charismatic, friendly side to him."

"He has a good sense of humor," Spavor said.

He echoed that sentiment in an interview with The Washington Postlast year, describing Kim as confident and well-spoken.

"He was acting very diplomatically and professionally," Spavor said. "He felt old beyond his years. He could be serious at times and fun at times but by no means did he seem weird or odd."

Michael Spavor with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
REUTERS/KCNA
Spavor runs Paektu Cultural Exchange, a Canadian nonprofit that promotes business and cultural ties with North Korea. Its website touts an "extensive network of contacts" within North Korea and says Spavor has "high-level contacts with government ministries and organizations" throughout the country.

 

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是否引渡到朝鲜去？

这忒狠了点儿。