This photo released by the Intermediate Peoples' Court of Dalian on Monday shows Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg during his retrial on drug trafficking charges. Photo: AFP This photo released by the Intermediate Peoples' Court of Dalian on Monday shows Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg during his retrial on drug trafficking charges. Photo: AFP
This photo released by the Intermediate Peoples' Court of Dalian on Monday shows Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg during his retrial on drug trafficking charges. Photo: AFP
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Canadian Robert Schellenberg sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking, PM Justin Trudeau vows to ‘intercede’

  • Retrial of 36-year-old former oil worker Robert Schellenberg on methamphetamine charges plays out against background of international tensions
  • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused China of ‘arbitrarily’ applying the death penalty against Schellenberg

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Sarah Zheng
Sarah Zheng

Updated: 5:30pm, 15 Jan, 2019

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This photo released by the Intermediate Peoples' Court of Dalian on Monday shows Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg during his retrial on drug trafficking charges. Photo: AFP This photo released by the Intermediate Peoples' Court of Dalian on Monday shows Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg during his retrial on drug trafficking charges. Photo: AFP
This photo released by the Intermediate Peoples' Court of Dalian on Monday shows Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg during his retrial on drug trafficking charges. Photo: AFP
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