DANDONG: China on Friday put on trial one of two Canadians held for more than two years in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive.
The entrance to the courthouse was roped off with police tape and journalists were kept outside, although not detained or told to leave, as often occurs during sensitive legal cases. Police cars and vans with lights flashing passed through the gate to the the court complex, located beside the Yalu River that divides China from North Korea.
Earlier, Nickel had knocked on a court door seeking entry but was refused. Another 10 diplomats from eight countries, including the US, the UK and Australia, stood on the street opposite the courthouse in a show of support. The two Canadians have been held ever since, while Meng has been released on bail. They were charged in June 2020 with spying under China’s broadly-defined national security laws.
Meng's case has infuriated China's government, which has promoted Huawei as a global leader in mobile communications technology.
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