Spavor took photos of military equipment, passed them to Kovrig: Chinese state mediaBut a diplomat in Beijing familiar with the case dismissed the story in China's Global Times as a fabricationBEIJING — China’s Global Times newspaper said on Thursday that Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who was convicted of espionage in August, provided photographs of military equipment to fellow Canadian Michael Kovrig, who is also detained in China. Spavor took photos of military equipment, passed them to Kovrig: Chinese state mediaWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. The state-run newspaper, citing an unidentified source, said the photos and images Spavor took of the equipment were state secrets and he also provided the photos to people outside China. Article contentKovrig, an International Crisis Group analyst, was tried in March on charges of spying on state secrets and is awaiting a verdict. A Beijing-based diplomat familiar with the case dismissed the idea that Spavor and Kovrig were passing state secrets as a fabrication.

Source: National Post September 02, 2021 13:41 UTC