A court in southern China has handed down sentences to at least six foreigners involved in a global methamphetamine operation, including a Canadian given the death penalty. Fan Wei and Wu were the only two to receive the death penalty, according to CNN. Death penalty 'cruel and inhumane,' Freeland saysCanadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland did not say if she believes the latest death sentence is in retaliation for Meng's arrest, but condemned the penalty. "Canada stands firmly opposed to the use of the death penalty everywhere around the world. In a separate drug-smuggling case, China sentenced Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to death in a sudden retrial in January — one month after Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained on vague national security allegations.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2019 11:03 UTC