BEIJING — A Canadian man convicted of drug trafficking in China faces the possibility of more serious charges after a court ordered a new trial amid tensions over Canada’s arrest of a Chinese technology executive. Since then, China has arrested Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on charges of endangering national security in apparent retaliation. Both China and Canada have insisted McIver’s case was different from Kovrig’s and Spavor’s. The Higher People’s Court of the northeastern province of Liaoning says evidence showed it was possible Schellenberg played an “important role” as it ordered the court in the city of Dalian to try the case again. The maximum penalty for drug trafficking in China is death.

Source: National Post December 29, 2018 12:11 UTC