acting on behalf of the U.S government, the Canadian government arrested chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies for extradition, she is currently out on bail. But it seem the fury of China wasn’t aimed at America but Canada as China arrested a former Canadian Diplomat and Canadian citizen on vague charges only hours later.
China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied knowledge of the detention of a former Canadian diplomat, a day after Chinese citizens rejoiced over a Canadian court’s decision to release a top Huawei Technologies executive on bail.
While declining to confirm Michael Kovrig’s detention, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said the International Crisis Group, where Kovrig is a Hong-Kong-based analyst, was not registered in China and its activities in the country were illegal.