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A group of former ambassadors and academics is calling on China to immediately release two Canadians it detained in the wake of the arrest of a top Huawei Technologies Co executive in Vancouver.
The open letter addressed to Chinese President Xi Jinping, said its 141 signatories are “deeply concerned†by the detentions of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor by state security officials. The letter said Kovrig, a Canadian diplomat on leave to work with the International Crisis Group in Hong Kong, and Spavor, who organised outreach trips to North Korea, had advocated exchanges that help build ties around the globe.
The detentions “send a message that this kind of constructive work is unwelcome and even risky in China,†the group said. China detained Kovrig and Spavor on December 10.