Former Canadian Diplomat Detained by Beijing State Security Bureau, Canadian Officials Confirm

Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig has been taken into custody by the Chinese regime’s Beijing authorities, senior Canadian government officials confirmed. 
Former Canadian Diplomat Detained by Beijing State Security Bureau, Canadian Officials Confirm
Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat who has been detained by China, in a file photo during an interview in Hong Kong on March 28, 2018. AP Photo
|Updated:
Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig has been taken into custody by the Chinese regime’s Beijing authorities, senior Canadian government officials confirmed. 

Canada’s embassy in Beijing received a fax early on Dec. 12 with an official notification that a citizen of Canada had been detained by the Beijing State Security Bureau, senior government officials said, speaking on background.