Robert Schellenberg's 15-year sentence for meth smuggling was increased to the death penalty not long after Canadian authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, in Vancouver.
A Chinese court rejected a Canadian drug convict's appeal of a death sentence in what appeared to be an effort to step up pressure on Canada to release a detained executive of tech giant Huawei.Schellenberg's case has been sent to China's Supreme People's Court for review before his death sentenceCases against other Canadians charged with spying continue
Schellenberg was sentenced to 15 years in prison in November 2018 after being convicted of smuggling 222 kilograms of methamphetamine.
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