China’s foreign ministry protested the possible expulsion of a Chinese diplomat in Canada who Ottawa has accused of participating in a harassment campaign against a Canadian lawmaker.
Ambassador Cong Peiwu was summoned by Canada’s foreign ministry on Thursday over allegations that a Chinese-led harassment campaign had targeted Conservative lawmaker Michael Chong after he voted in favour of a February 2021 parliamentary motion condemning Beijing’s treatment of the Uygur Muslim minority in Xinjiang as “genocide”.
It followed a Globe and Mail report on Monday – citing classified documents and an anonymous security source – that claimed Toronto-based Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei was involved in a Ministry of State Security effort to get information on Chong and his family in Hong Kong.