House Unanimously Votes to Investigate Chinese Diplomat’s Alleged Targeting of MP Chong

House Unanimously Votes to Investigate Chinese Diplomat’s Alleged Targeting of MP Chong
Conservative MP Michael Chong rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 21, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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MPs in the House of Commons have voted unanimously in favour of a motion to begin a committee investigation into the alleged targeting in 2021 of Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family living in Hong Kong by a now-expelled Chinese diplomat.

The motion, which was introduced by Conservative MP Michael Chong earlier this week, requested that the “prima facie contempt concerning the intimidation campaign orchestrated by Wei Zhao against the member for Wellington—Halton Hills [Chong] and other members be referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs [PROC].”