MP Han Dong said March 22 he is resigning from the Liberal caucus after a news report alleged he had told a Chinese diplomat that Beijing should not release two Canadian citizens who had been arbitrarily detained in China, an allegation that Dong denies.
“I’m taking this extraordinary step because to sit in the government caucus is a privilege, and my presence there may be seen by some as a conflict of duty, and the wrong place to be as independent investigations pursues the facts in this matter,” Dong said in the House of Commons.
“I’ll be sitting as Independent so that the business of government and indeed the business of Parliament is not interrupted as I work to clear my name, and the truth is presented to Parliament and to Canadian people.”…