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China announces death sentence for Canadian drug trafficker amid Huawei row

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Beijing: A Chinese court here on Monday announced death sentence for a Canadian man who was earlier
Beijing: A Chinese court here on Monday announced death sentence for a Canadian man who was earlier convicted under charges of drug trafficking and had already served 15 years of imprisonment.
The accused, named Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, was facing a retrial in the drug trafficking case, as the Dalian Intermediate People’s Court, after taking side with the prosecutors who provided new evidence in the case, claimed that the 15 years of prison sentence was too light for the accused, Washington Post reported.
The Canadian drug trafficker was reportedly arrested in 2014 in China and was announced 15 years of prison sentence in 2016.

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