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2021.08.11 10:45 GMT+8

Canada's Michael Spavor sentenced to 11 years in prison for spying

Updated 2021.08.11 10:45 GMT+8
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Canadian national Michael Spavor was sentenced to 11 years in prison and deportation by a Chinese court in Dandong City in northeast China's Liaoning Province on Wednesday. 

Included in the verdict was confiscation of personal property of 50,000 yuan ($7,715). 

Spavor got convicted for spying on state secrets and illegally providing them to overseas forces.

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