Canada Condemns China Ruling Upholding Citizen’s Death Sentence
- Robert Schellenberg’s appeal denied by court in China
- Huawei CFO enters final extradition hearings in Canada
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Canada condemned a Chinese court’s decision to uphold the death sentence of a Canadian national convicted of drug trafficking, a decision that comes as a Huawei Technologies Co. executive’s extradition battle enters its final stages in Vancouver.
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s bid to challenge his January 2019 death sentence was denied, the Liaoning Provincial High People’s Court in Shenyang said in a statement Tuesday. Schellenberg had been sentenced to 15 years in prison after his initial conviction, but the penalty increased after an earlier appeal that coincided with Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Canada.