A Chinese court said on Friday it had sentenced a Canadian to death for transporting and manufacturing drugs, the second Canadian in two days to receive a death penalty for drugs and fourth since Canada detained a top Huawei executive in 2018.
Canadian and Chinese flags are seen at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, December 5, 2017. Fred Dufour/Pool via REUTERS
Asked if the sentencing of the Canadian drug offenders was linked to Meng’s case, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a briefing on Friday that China’s judicial organs “handle cases independently”, while also adding that “the Canadian side knows the root cause” of difficulties in China-Canadian relations.
Police found 218 kilograms of white crystals containing MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, in the room used by Ye and five other men, according to a local media report.
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