Mr Dong now sits as an independent in the House of Commons, where a special rapporteur will investigate allegations of Chinese interference, including those involving the Toronto-area MP who is said to have accepted help from Chinese officials to get elected.
Mr Dong withdrew from the Liberal faction on Wednesday night Global Newsbelieving anonymous security sources, revealed that he had privately advised a senior Chinese diplomat to delay the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.
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Both Michaels spent more than a thousand days behind bars in China before being released in 2021.
In the House of Commons, Mr Dong assured that he wanted to defend himself against “these completely false allegations”. He said he never did anything that would have put the two Michaels in danger.
Asked about Mr Dong’s decision in Beijing on Thursday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman argued that “Canada might be in a better position” to comment on the filing, adding that “China is interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.” rejects”.
“We have no interest and will not interfere in Canada’s internal affairs,” Wang Wenbin said.
China arrested Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in apparent retaliation for the December 2018 arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on a US extradition order.
Beijing has always maintained that these two files were unrelated, although the arrests came shortly after and the two Michaels were released on the same day as Ms. Meng.
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