North Korea Fixer for Dennis Rodman Is Second Canadian Probed by China
- Michael Spavor under investigation near North Korean border
- Report follows detention of former Canadian diplomat Kovrig
Michael Spavor, left, with Dennis Rodman in January 2014.
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A second Canadian national is being questioned by Chinese authorities, further heightening tensions between the two countries after the detention of a former diplomat in Beijing and the arrest of a Huawei Technologies Co. executive in Vancouver.
Michael Spavor was placed under investigation Monday for “suspected activities harming state security,” Northeast News, a website run by the propaganda department in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning, said Thursday.