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Canadian arrested in China returns home
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A CANADIAN man arrested in China two years ago on charges of spying and stealing state secrets has been freed and has returned home, his family said.
Kevin Garratt was detained in 2014 along with his wife Julia Dawn, who was later released on bail, in Dandong, a northeastern city on the border with North Korea.
Before their arrests, Garratt and his wife, both Christians, had run a coffee shop in Dandong and were active in helping send humanitarian aid to North Korea.
Garratt was deported from China on Thursday after a court in Dandong ruled on his case on Tuesday, his family said in a statement.
“Kevin has returned to Canada to be with his family and friends,” the family said.
In a statement, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday Garratt had been treated “according to law.” The ministry said China “fully guaranteed all kinds of procedural rights of Kevin Garratt, and fully respected and implemented the consular rights of the Canadian side.”
But the ministry declined to say what investigators found or what the outcome of the trial was.
Chinese state media previously reported that authorities found evidence that implicated Garratt in accepting tasks from Canadian espionage agencies to gather intelligence in China.
Garratt’s release comes as both sides pledged to strengthen economic ties during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to China earlier this month for the G20 summit, and a week before Premier Li Keqiang is to visit Canada for talks with Trudeau.
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