OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says Albertan Sarah McIver has been released from custody in China and returned to Canada. McIver had been detained over a work-permit issue related to her teaching job. Her arrest followed those of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians living and working in China, on allegations they were harming China’s national security. China arrested Kovrig and Spavor separately after Canadian authorities detained a Chinese technology executive in Vancouver. Both China and Canada have insisted that McIver’s case is different from Kovrig’s and Spavor’s.

Source: National Post December 28, 2018 21:11 UTC