(This August 9 story has corrected year Spavor was charged to 2019 from “last year” in paragraph 2)
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court is expected to rule as early as Wednesday in the case of detained Canadian Michael Spavor, according to a Canadian source directly familiar with the matter.
Spavor, a businessman, was charged with espionage in June 2019 along with fellow Canadian Michael Kovrig, at a time when relations between the two countries are at a very low level following Canada’s arrest of a Huawei executive in late 2018.
(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)