According to its website, the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court said the man's sentence was delivered on June 10. The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court provided a name in Chinese which can be transliterated as Cam Gillesby. The ABC has contacted the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court for comment. Australia previously expressed concern over China's use of capital punishment after Canadian national Robert Schellenberg was given a death sentence in early 2019. In 2015, Australian man Bengali Sherrif was sentenced to death after being arrested at Guangzhou airport after trying to smuggle methamphetamine from China to Australia.

Source: The Standard June 13, 2020 13:07 UTC