The Supreme People’s Court this week struck down the sentence and ordered a retrial, which lawyers say is unlikely to result in another death sentence. The case of Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was one of several involving Canadians detained in China that the Canadian government condemned as “hostage diplomacy”. A Canadian official familiar with the situation, who requested anonymity in order to comply with strict privacy considerations, confirmed that the court had overturned the death sentence. Weeks after that, Schellenberg was given a death sentence. In 2021, a court rejected an appeal of his case and upheld the death sentence.

Source: Bangkok Post February 07, 2026 11:51 UTC