MP Han Dong Seeks $15 Million in Defamation Lawsuit Against Global News

Han Dong, then an Ontario provincial Liberal candidate for Trinity—Spadina, at a rally with supporters in Toronto on May 22, 2014. Dong resigned from the Liberal caucus on March 22, 2023, after a Global News report alleged he had advised a Chinese diplomat that Beijing should postpone freeing two Canadians being detained in China, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

MP Han Dong has launched a libel suit against Global News seeking $15 million in damages after the media outlet published a series of articles alleging his participation in a foreign interference network backed by Beijing.

In an April 20 press release posted on Dong’s Twitter account, his lawyers accused Global News and a number of its journalists of publishing “malicious, false, and defamatory articles and broadcasts” about the MP in recent months, saying that the articles have destroyed his reputation while exposing Dong and his family to hateful messages and threats.