Meng, who is also the daughter of the Chinese tech company’s founder, was released on bail pending an extradition hearing to the United States on charges of violating sanctions against Iran. Schellenberg’s case came amid worsening diplomatic tensions between the two countries, after Canadian police detained top Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in December 2018 – just before the high court ordered his retrial. Anyone found with more than 50 grams (1.76 ounces) of a controlled substance can face the death penalty. The case of this Canadian is differentĬhina severely punishes those caught smuggling or trafficking drugs, including foreigners. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg death sentence: China executes foreigners all the time. In China which sentenced Canadian to death for drug smuggling earlier today Dalian Court
Schellenberg’s family have said they are in close contact with Canadian diplomats in China. He received the death sentence just a month later.Ĭanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the ruling, saying in 2019 that the situation was “of extreme concern” and accusing China of “arbitrarily” applying the death sentence. A high court ordered a retrial in late December 2018 when the prosecution said they had uncovered new evidence to prove Schellenberg’s principal role in the case. Upon receiving a sentence of 15 years in prison, he appealed the verdict.
He was first tried in March 2016 and was convicted in November 2018. Schellenberg, who is one of several Canadians currently detained in China, has persistently maintained his innocence. After his accomplice turned himself into the police, Schellenberg fled Dalian and was arrested in southern China on December 1, 2014, when he tried to fly to Thailand, the court said. The Canadian was said to have inspected the cargo, assessed the workload and decided on a shipping date. Schellenberg and an accomplice bought tools and tires in an attempt to repackage the drugs before shipping them out in containers, according to the prosecution. The young man whose life hangs in the balance of Canada-China standoffĪccording to the court that handed down the death sentence in 2019, Schellenberg was dispatched to Dalian by drug traffickers in November 2014 to orchestrate the smuggling of more than 222 kilograms (489.4 pounds) of methamphetamine from the Chinese port city to Australia. Sentenced to death for drug smuggling earlier.
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