Sunday, January 27, 2019 ~ NATIONAL.
A Canadian man, 61, has reportedly been arrested in China on fraud charges, according to local media in China on January 27 and carried in global mainstream TV media.
This follows in the wake of Canada’s now former ambassador John McCallum speaking quite loosely and openly about Canada’s options around the arrest and detention of Hauwei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou and also about the USA’s role in that arrest (the US told Canada she was wanted on fraud charges, and Canada complied with executing the arrest). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for and received McCallum’s resignation on Friday night, January 25.
The newspaper says the man, whose full name is not given, allegedly tried to use fake papers to transfer the money from the company’s account to an account in Hong Kong.
This latest arrest comes in the midst of difficult diplomatic relations between Canada and China that see tensions escalating.
Two Canadian business men — Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor — have been detained in China since December for allegedly endangering national security. Another Canadian (already in jail on a 15-year sentence reportedly for drug smuggling), rapidly saw his sentence escalated to the death sentence recently.