- Canadian Foreign Minister Meleni Jolie said that China has killed four Canadian double citizens in recent months.
- Jolie said that he and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for pardon in drug -related allegations, but the Beijing Embassy said that China does not recognize dual citizenship.
- Relations between China and Canada have recently been carried forward as countries tariffs each other’s exports amid global trade tensions.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister said on Wednesday that China killed four Canadians in recent months. Such execution of western countries is relatively rare.
External Affairs Minister Meleni Jolie said that he and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for pardon related to drugs related to double citizens.
The Beijing embassy in Ottawa said that execution was due to drug crimes and said that China does not recognize dual citizenship.
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“We condemn the forcesi,” told reporters in Ottawa. ” “I personally asked for generosity … they were all double citizens.”
Jolie said that Canada constantly asks for the canadian people who faced death penalty abroad. He said that the families have asked the government to withdraw details of the identity of four persons.
Global Affairs spokesman Charlotte McLot said that they provide consular assistance to families and request that the media respects their privacy. He said that Ottawa continues to advocate the apology for Robert Shelanburg, a Canadian, which was sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
Canadian Foreign Minister Meleni Jolie said that China killed four Canadians in recent months. (Canadian press through Adrian YLD/AP)
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy said, “China always imposes serious punishment on drug -related crimes.” “The facts of crimes committed by Canadian citizens involved in cases are clear, and the evidence is solid and sufficient.”
China is believed to have carried out more prisoners every year than the rest of the world, although a state is a state mystery. Traditionally are executed by gunfire, although deadly injections have been introduced in recent years.
The embassy spokesman said that Beijing completely guaranteed the rights and interests of the concerned Canadian citizens, and urged the Government of Canada to “stop making irresponsible comments”.
Both countries have some tension. China imposed a retaliation on some Canadian farm and food imports earlier this month, canada implemented duties on Chinese -made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products in October. Tariffs combine global trade stresses amidst the tariff announcements by the United States, China, Canada and Mexico.
“China is sending a message to us that if we want to see improvement in the relationship, then we have to take steps.”
Ian Body, former head of the former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, posted on social media that it suggests that “Agricultural Tariffs were not the worst part of the PRC response for EV tariffs”.
And opposition conservative MLA Michael Chong said, “It is unprecedented to execute many Canadians in small order, and clearly a sign that Beijing has no intention of improving relations with Canada.”
China is the second largest trading partner in Canada, but in 2018, the Canadian officials have deteriorated after the arrest of a former Huawei executive, which the US accused of cheating.
China imprisoned two Canadian Canadian people, when Canada arrested Meng Wanzo, the daughter of the company’s founder at the request for American extradition. He was sent back to Canada in 2021, on the same day Maing returned to China after reaching an agreement with US authorities in his case.
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Many countries called China’s action “hostage politics”, while China described the allegations against Huawei and Meng as a politically motivated attempt to withdraw China’s economic and technological development.
Amnesty International condemned the execution and said that China killed thousands of people in 2023.
“These shocking and inhuman execution of Canadian citizens by Chinese authorities should be a wake-up call for Canada,” said Ketty Niwabandi, head of the group for English-speaking Canada, said in a statement on Wednesday.
