China Sentences Canadian to Death for Drug Smuggling

China Sentences Canadian to Death for Drug Smuggling

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, reports VOA News.

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.