Canada’s Michael Spavor blames fellow prisoner Michael Kovrig for China arrest

[Nan Yang]

Canada’s Michael Spavor blames fellow prisoner Michael Kovrig for China arrest​

• The consultant shared information with Kovrig, a report says, not knowing it would be relayed to the Canadian government and its Five Eyes intelligence partners
• The detention of the ‘two Michaels’ was seen as retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou at the request of the US

Bloomberg
Published: 5:58am, 19 Nov, 2023

One of two Canadians imprisoned in China for nearly three years said his fellow inmate shared intelligence on North Korea with Canada and allied spy services, which was a factor in their arrests, according to a report by the Globe and Mail.

More than two years after his return to Canada, Michael Spavor is seeking millions of dollars from the Canadian government as compensation, the newspaper said, citing information from people it did not name.

Chinese authorities arrested Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig in December 2018 in what was seen as retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a top Huawei Technologies executive, at the request of US authorities.

Spavor, a consultant who tried to promote business ties between Canada and North Korea, is one of the few Westerners to have established a relationship with dictator Kim Jong-un.

The Globe wrote that Spavor shared information with Kovrig, without knowing it would be relayed to the Canadian government and its Five Eyes intelligence partners.

The Canadian government has always denied China’s allegations of espionage that put the two Michaels behind bars.

They were released in September 2021 after more than 1,000 days, following an agreement that allowed Wanzhou’s return to China.

 

[JSCh]

I think what is more important is the fact that the Canadian gov't surely knows that they are spies.

It is expected that the Canada gov't would never admit the allegation publicly at first, but the way they go about handling the issue by denying show that they would just lied to their own citizen and the world.

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No surprise to anyone who knows China

One of the "Two Michaels" admitting that not only was he a spy, the other one recruited him: Both were spies

Canada has lied again, China is exonerated... AGAIN!

One day, people will start believing what China says

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