MP Han Dong Suing Global News Over Report Alleging He Told Chinese Diplomat to Delay Releasing 2 Michaels

Han Dong celebrates with supporters as a provincial Liberal candidate in the Toronto area on May 22, 2014. He later became a Liberal MP, but recently resigned over Chinese interference allegations and now sits as an independent. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

MP Han Dong says he is planning to sue Global News over a recent report alleging that the former member of the Liberal caucus had told a Chinese diplomat to delay the release of two Canadian citizens imprisoned in China.

“Yes, I am taking legal action against Global News and Corus Entertainment,” Dong wrote in a Twitter post on March 27. “I have retained a lawyer to begin legal action to its fullest extent.”