RFI 加政府愿意就两个迈克尔在华关押遭遇支付和解金

[metropolis]

加政府愿意就两个迈克尔在华关押遭遇支付和解金​

据《环球邮报》周二援引政府消息来源报导，加拿大政府愿意为加拿大人斯帕弗 (Michael Spavor) 和康明凯 (Michael Kovrig) ，即“两个迈克尔”支付数百万加元的和解方案，以补偿他们在中国遭受的近三年监禁。

发表时间： 26/12/2023 - 22:41
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2019年5月，支持者在温哥华声援在中国被关押的加拿大人康明凯和斯帕弗。 © 法新社图片
作者：弗林

《环球邮报》报导称，加拿大联邦律师正在与2018年被中方拘留的两名男子进行和解谈判，并希望在新年伊始达成财务和解，并续指加拿大对斯帕弗可能提起的诉讼感到担忧，这可能会导致聚焦政府的一个安全报告计划。

报导称，加拿大政府已向“两个迈克尔”每人提供约300万加元（约合227万美元），但斯帕弗的律师要求1050万加元，指控渥太华在处理中国安全报告业务方面存在严重疏忽。

《环球邮报》称，加拿大政府不准备提供1050万加元，并且将向两人提供相同的补偿金额。加政府没有立即回应置评请求。无法立即联系到这两名加拿大男子。

2018年12月，在加拿大警方根据美国逮捕令拘留过境的中国电信巨头华为首席财务官孟晚舟后不久，斯帕弗和康明凯在中国被捕。中方将这两名加拿大男子拘留了1000多天，这一度是渥太华和华盛顿与北京争端的核心问题之一。

在美国司法部放弃引渡孟晚舟的请求、孟晚舟返回中国的同一天，加拿大的“两个迈克尔”于2021年获释。加拿大和美国表示，中方对他们的拘留是非法和任意的，北京否认了这一指控。

加政府愿意就两个迈克尔在华关押遭遇支付和解金

据《环球邮报》周二援引政府消息来源报导，加拿大政府愿意为加拿大人斯帕弗 (Michael Spavor) 和康明凯 (Michael Kovrig)……

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[Fishottca]

显然是政府派遣的啦，为政府受这么大苦又不能宣传，只能给些钱压压他们的怒气啦

 

[冰中取火]

不赔偿，估计要把间谍的内幕给抖露出来，就不好办了。

 

[metropolis]

CFC杠精的名言：他承认什么了？

意思是说：拿到了什么情报？怎么拿到的？是否非法？也许只是传递，没有收集情报。。。。。。这些都没有答案，所以不能确定他们是间谍。

 

[metropolis]

Canada ready to pay settlements to two men imprisoned in China in 2018 - report​

Reuters
December 26, 202312:05 PM ESTUpdated 7 hours ago

[1/2]An image of Canadian Michael Spavor, charged with espionage in June 2019, is projected on a screen at the Canadian embassy in Beijing, China August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Canada's government is willing to sign off on multimillion-dollar settlement packages for Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig to compensate them for the near three years they were incarcerated in Chinese prisons, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday, citing government sources.

Federal lawyers are in compensation talks with the two men, who were detained in 2018, and are hoping to conclude financial settlements early in the new year, the media outlet said, adding that Canada was concerned by a potential lawsuit from Spavor that could put a spotlight on a government security reporting program.

The Canadian government has offered around C$3 million ($2.27 million) to each but Spavor's lawyer sought C$10.5 million, alleging gross negligence on how Ottawa handled security reporting operations in China, the report added.

The Globe and Mail said the government was not prepared to offer C$10.5 million and that it was going to make the same offer to both men.

The government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The two Canadian men could not immediately be reached.

Spavor and Kovrig were taken into custody in China shortly after Canadian police detained Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, on a U.S. warrant.

China had detained the two Canadian men for more than 1,000 days in a step that was at the center of Ottawa and Washington's dispute with Beijing. The men were released in 2021 on the same day the U.S. Justice Department dropped its extradition request for Meng and she returned to China.

Canada and the United States say that the detention of the Canadian men - dubbed by Canadian media as "the two Michaels" in a case followed closely - was illegal and arbitrary, an accusation Beijing denies.

($1 = 1.3213 Canadian dollars)

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Mark Porter

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-ready-pay-settlements-two-men-imprisoned-china-2018-report-2023-12-26/

 

[冰中取火]

CFC杠精的名言：他承认什么了？

意思是说：拿到了什么情报？怎么拿到的？是否非法？也许只是传递，没有收集情报。。。。。。这些都没有答案，所以不能确定他们是间谍。

赔偿就是为了继续让你没答案。否则一个国家公民被另一个国家逮捕，什么理由让自己国家赔偿？

 

[chicago666]

这个数额ok啦，加拿大人情卖给了美国，美国从中国那里拿到了该拿的交换物，所以这个钱说白了就是算在跟美国的人情账里面。

 

[冬暖]

他一个商人，又不是政府雇员，连回国机票都特么省了，凭什么要求政府给他赔偿？加拿大说他们不是间谍，那就No Spying No Money. 给屁民们省点儿吧。

 

[冬暖]

CFC杠精的名言：他承认什么了？

意思是说：拿到了什么情报？怎么拿到的？是否非法？也许只是传递，没有收集情报。。。。。。这些都没有答案，所以不能确定他们是间谍。

你指的这个？

刺激到你了？你又跳出来？

麦克承认什么了？他窃取了神马情报？

目前没见到他承认”收集“了情报。

 

[Teddy]

他一个商人，又不是政府雇员，连回国机票都特么省了，凭什么要求政府给他赔偿？加拿大说他们不是间谍，那就No Spying No Money. 给屁民们省点儿吧。

Spavor 好像是三胖和川总见面牵线的人物，当时被抓的时候，三胖也没发言？

 

[春夏之交]

Spavor 好像是三胖和川总见面牵线的人物，当时被抓的时候，三胖也没发言？

川普欺骗了三胖。三胖想杀Spavor 。

 

[春夏之交]

屁民们在寒风中为特务呐喊。屁民永远是屁民。他们始终被蒙在鼓里，被人利用，帮人数钱。

 

[metropolis]

你指的这个？

嗯，按TA说的这种情况政府没责任没义务赔偿吧？

 

[eclipse]

11月20日，斯帕弗指控另一名同期被中国拘押的加拿大人康明凯，他本人向后者提供的有关朝鲜的资讯被转递转递给了加拿大政府及其"五眼联盟"情报伙伴。 所以是他所提供的资讯在他本人不知情的状况下被加拿大当局作为情报采集，进而导致他本人被中国方面以间谍罪拘捕。

斯帕弗因此要求加拿大政府予以赔偿，他是被间谍了。

康明凯的律师则对法新社表示，斯帕弗的指控"毫无根据"。

斯帕弗要求赔偿1050万，康明凯没有要求赔偿。加政府坚持要给两人各赔偿300万。

目前看我觉得斯帕弗可能真的不是间谍，康明凯是真间谍。加拿大政府有个“安全报告项目”，这个项目指导采集情报，反正一地鸡毛，大家吃瓜看戏吧。

 

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Canada's lies about two Michaels make it an international laughingstock

By Global TimesPublished: Dec 27, 2023 09:34 PM

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  Photo: Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor (right)
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  The Canadian government is willing to sign off on multimillion-dollar settlement packages for two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who were jailed by China for nearly three years on charges of espionage and illegal provision of China's state secrets to foreign entities, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday, citing government sources.
  
  The Canadian government's decision is seen as a clear acknowledgment of the espionage allegations, Wang Qiang, a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Military Operations Other Than War of the PLA National Defense University, told the Global Times. Typically, when individuals face criminal charges abroad, the government is not obligated to provide compensation. Therefore, the Canadian government's willingness to pay a settlement implies the two Michaels were involved in espionage activities assigned by the Canadian government, experts believed.
  
  The Globe and Mail reported that Spavor's lawyer alleged gross negligence on how Canada handled security reporting operations in China, potentially putting a spotlight on the Global Security Reporting Program (GSRP). GSRP sends diplomats to hot spots to collect security-related information for Canada. While Ottawa claims that GSRP officers are not spies, it acknowledges that their reports can be shared with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Five Eyes intelligence partners. Canada's contradictory stance of denying espionage activities while providing millions of dollars in compensation clearly exposes the hypocritical nature of Western societies.
  
  Most people still remember how Canada used the Two Michaels incident five years ago to attack and smear China. They accused China of engaging in unacceptable "arbitrary detention" by portraying China's lawful handling of the Two Michaels as a retaliatory strike against Canada's detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. However, the dramatic turn came when the myth of the "Two Michaels" exploded with revelations in November. It was revealed that Kovrig had previously been a Canadian intelligence asset who, according to Spavor, may have embroiled him in spying without his knowledge. All of this has caused Canada's accusations against China to lose their factual basis and become a huge lie, which has been further confirmed by Canada's willingness to compensate the two Canadian men.
  
  From the "arbitrary detention" false accusations five years ago to the ongoing compensation negotiations, the complete truth has yet to surface. However, this reversal at least prompts us to question the two Michaels incident from various perspectives, especially for ordinary citizens who may not fully understand the details, Liu Dan, a researcher at the Center for Regional Country Studies at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, told the Global Times. This turn of events can serve as a noteworthy example, enough to alert conscientious Canadian citizens to scrutinize whether the government is truly prioritizing the country's development and the safety of its citizens or is driven by its own political considerations and maneuvers.
  
  In recent years, particularly since the Trudeau government came to power, Canada has adopted hazardous strategic thinking that rigidly binds its own interests with those of the US and other Western governments in the Five Eyes alliance. It has followed the US' lead in seizing every chance possible to smear and attack China.
  
  The ultimate goal of the Canadian government, as well as that of the broader Western community, in engaging in such defamation, vilification, and sensationalism, is to exert pressure and hinder China on the international stage. Their aim is to tarnish China's international image and undermine China's credibility in the global community. However, relying on such dirty tactics to suppress the rise of China is wishful thinking. As most of these accusations are baseless and crumble when faced with reality, countries like Canada only turn themselves into a laughingstock on the international stage.

Canada's lies about two Michaels make it an international laughingstock - Global Times

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