Chinese Court Sentences Canadian National to Death for Drug Crimes in Retrial
Legal experts see move as effort to pressure Canada over its arrest of Huawei executive; Canada’s Trudeau expresses extreme concern
A Chinese court ordered the death penalty for a Canadian national in the latest example of how deeply ensnared Canada has become in a battle between the U.S. and Beijing over the detention of a prominent Huawei Technologies Co. executive.
Canadian Robert Schellenberg was convicted of taking part in methamphetamine smuggling and sentenced to death in a one-day proceeding just days after the court announced he would be retried. Two months earlier, the same court sentenced Mr. Schellenberg to 15 years in prison for the same offense,...