Michael Kovrig says convicted RCMP leaker Cameron Ortis shouldn't 'rot in a prison cell'

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Michael Kovrig, one or two Canadians detained in China for almost three years, has called on a judge to avoid imposing a lengthy prison sentence on a former RCMP intelligence official found guilty of leaking secrets.

In a letter of support filed with the court and shared with journalists, Kovrig describes himself as a former acquaintance of Cameron Ortis, whose sentencing hearing took place Thursday in Ottawa.

Ortis was found guilty of six charges last November, including four counts of violating Canada’s secrets act. Last fall, Crown prosecutors successfully argued that Ortis used his position within the RCMP — leading a unit that

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