Michael Spavor (right, on screen) was detained in 2018 along with compatriot Michael Kovrig. - Reuters
BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): A Canadian businessman charged with spying after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, a day after another Canadian’s death sentence was upheld.
Michael Spavor, who has been under arrest since Dec 2018, was handed the jail sentence not in a courtroom but inside a detention centre in Dandong city in north-east Liaoning province on Wednesday (Aug 11) morning.
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