Opposition legislators and former ambassadors accused McCallum of unacceptable political interference in an affair which has badly damaged relations between Canada and China. China subsequently detained two Canadian citizens on national security grounds. A Chinese court later retried a Canadian man who had been jailed for drugs smuggling and sentenced him to death. Also Read- Report: US in criminal probe of China's Huawei“Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum’s resignation as Canada’s ambassador to China,” Trudeau said in a statement that did not explain his reasons. Veteran diplomats and experts told Reuters it was the first time a Canadian ambassador had ever been officially fired.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 27, 2019 04:18 UTC