China Sentences Canadian to Death for Drug Smuggling

January 14, 2019

A general view of the Intermediate People’s Court of Dalian, where the trial for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian citizen on drug smuggling charges, will be held, in Liaoning province, China, Jan. 14, 2019.

VOA News

A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian man to death on drug trafficking charges, after his previous 15-year sentence was determined to be too lenient.

The decision was handed down Monday in the northeast city of Dailian against Robert Lloyd Schellenberg,

In November, he was given a 15-year prison sentence. But after an appeal, a high court in Liaoning ruled that the punishment was too lenient.

Schellenberg denied the charges against him.