BEIJING — A former Canadian diplomat has disappeared in China and may be under detention there, the nongovernmental organization where he now works said Tuesday, less than a week after Canada announced the arrest of a senior Chinese tech executive. The former diplomat, Michael Kovrig, has worked for the International Crisis Group since early 2017, after he left the Canadian foreign service, where he had risen to be vice consul at the embassy in Beijing. But Mr. Kovrig has fallen out of contact with friends in Beijing, where he is often present, and the Crisis Group said that it was worried. “International Crisis Group is aware of reports that its North East Asia Senior Adviser, Michael Kovrig, has been detained in China,” the group said in a statement on its website. Calls to Mr. Kovrig’s two cellphone numbers went unanswered.

Source: New York Times December 11, 2018 16:12 UTC