Two Canadians in China have ‘not yet gone on trial’, Canada says Canada

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0 Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who are accused of espionage, have been detained in China for two years. Canada said it has confirmed with Chinese officials that detained citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were picked up in December 2018 shortly after Canada arrested a top Huawei executive on a US extradition warrant, “have not yet gone on trial”. The two men were said to have been “indicted and tried” during a regular briefing by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday afternoon. But Canada told Al Jazeera that officials from the Canadian embassy in Beijing had spoken...