An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking, in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra.
The man, named in Chinese pinyin as"Kamu Jielaisibi" and identified by Australian media as Cam Gillespie, was handed the death penalty by Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday, according to a notice posted on the court website.According to Chinese local media, the man was arrested at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, northwest of Hong Kong, in December 2013 with more than 7.5 kilograms of methamphetamine in his checked luggage.
But relations have been troubled in recent years and worsened after China reacted furiously to Australia's call for an independent probe into the origins of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has dismissed allegations of racist treatment of Chinese as"rubbish", adding that his government would"never be intimidated by threats" or"trade our values in response to coercion from wherever it comes".
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