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CANADA: /CHINA: Per CGTN: "Two Canadians arrested in China, Michael Kovrig and
Michael Spavor, have been formally prosecuted respectively by the procuratorates
in Beijing and Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning Province. According to two
separate notices published on the Supreme People's Procuratorate website on
Friday, Kovrig was "suspected of spying on state secrets and intelligence" while
Spavor was "suspected of spying state secrets and illegally providing them to
overseas forces." Former Canadian diplomat Kovrig and Canadian businessman
Spavor were detained in China in late 2018 and were arrested in May last year."
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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