Chinese executed four Canadians for drug crimes this year

In China, 4 Canadians and Canadian authorities were approved by drug-related charges this year.

All of them were caught in bilateral citizens and identities, and Canada Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said.

A spokesman called the Chinese embassy for the Embassy in Canada “suspension of irresponsible opinions” because the pundits were afraid of my more people in relations between the two countries.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the embassy said on Thursday, and the embassy was evidence of “solid and sufficient” for their crimes.

Beijing has fully guarantees the rights and interests of the Canadian citizen, “said the embassy, ​​Kanada respected China’s judicial sovereignty.

China does not recognize dual citizenship and does not take a hard position against drugs. However, foreigners are rare for the death penalty.

Joly, for months, “very closely” and the former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, including other officials, and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, worked to stop the executions.

In a statement on the Canadian media, the global affairs Canadian spokesman Charlotte Maclotte Maclotte Maclotte Maclotte, Canada’s highest levels have been repeatedly in the highest level, said he was resistant to the use of death penalty.

China applies execution for serious crimes, including those related to drugs, corruption and espionage. Although the number of products is kept secret, human rights groups believe China has one of the world’s highest execution prices.

“The Chinese government should have this shock and inhuman executions of Canadian citizens must be a wake up for Canada,” said Amnesty International Canada. “We are devastating for the families of victims and keep them in our hearts because they are trying to work unimaginable.

“Our thoughts also goes to the relatives of Canadian citizens who are not known in China’s death row or where they are in the Chinese prison system.”

In 2019, Canada National Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was sentenced to death in a high-level in Canadian government in a high-level ceremony. He was not among the canadians executed.

“We will not necessarily ask, we will want tolerance in the face of other Canadians who look at similar situations,” Wednesday.

Relationships between Canada and China have been icy since 2018, Canada was caught in a Chinese Telecom Executive, Meng Wanzhou, USA extradition request. China has arrested two Canadians, which are now released now.

In 2023, the Canadian media, many on the basis of leaking intelligence, reported information about the detailed claims of Chinese interding in the country’s federal elections. China rejected reports that called “unfounded and slandered”.

Recently, China has recently applied the retribution tariffs in some Canada and food imports after taking on Ottawa’s Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum.