MP Han Dong says he is planning to sue Global News over a recent report alleging that the former member of the Liberal caucus had told a Chinese diplomat to delay the release of two Canadian citizens imprisoned in China.
“Yes, I am taking legal action against Global News and Corus Entertainment,” Dong wrote in a Twitter post on March 27. “I have retained a lawyer to begin legal action to its fullest extent.”
Dong’s statement came after a Global News report cited anonymous national security sources saying that in February 2021, Dong advised Han Tao, Chinese consul-general in Toronto, to delay the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. The two men, also known as the “two Michaels,” had been imprisoned for over two years at the time in what was regarded as China’s hostage diplomacy in retaliation against Ottawa’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. warrant….