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Chinese court upholds death sentence for Canadian convicted over drugs
- Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was given the death penalty in 2019 after an original sentence of 15 years in prison was deemed too lenient
BEIJING: A Chinese court said on Tuesday it had rejected an appeal by a Canadian citizen who was sentenced to death on drug smuggling charges in a case that has drawn condemnation from Canada.
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was given the death penalty in 2019 after an original sentence of 15 years in prison was deemed too lenient, a ruling that came amid a deepening diplomatic rift between Ottawa and Beijing.
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