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Freeland warns the U.S. that Canada will follow rule of law in Huawei CFO's extradition case

Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2018 5:35 PM ET | Last Updated: an hour ago

 

Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland warned the U.S. today that Canada will follow the rule of law in the case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who is facing extradition to the United States. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

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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.

 

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.@cafreeland says another Canadian got in touch with the government because he was being questioned by Chinese authorities. "We have not been able to make contact with him since he let us know about this...we have also raised this case with the Chinese authorities" #cdnpoli

 

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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.

• Canadians released by Chinese call on Ottawa to take 'proactive' steps to free Michael Kovrig

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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.

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• 嫖娼，吸毒，商业诈骗的加拿大公民不少，美国人更多，应该借美国“法制”的相似理由，趁机多抓几个。 -reader007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2018 postreply 17:14:43

• 政治绑架，必须打死绑匪。所以加拿大还有得挨打，知道认清自己地位为止。五常哪个不是染血的？ -位面- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2018 postreply 17:33:40

• 司法独立，不能给的 -Fullmoon8- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2018 postreply 17:45:54

• 是不是加拿大又得抓第2名中国人? -4fun9999- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2018 postreply 18:06:22