MP Han Dong is seeking $15 million in damages from Global News over articles alleging he was a “witting” participant in a Beijing-backed foreign interference network.
The statement of claim, provided by Dong’s legal team, accuses Global of publishing “a series of false, malicious, irresponsible and defamatory,” stories about the MP.
Last month, Global published a story alleging Dong advised a senior Chinese diplomat in February 2021 that Beijing should hold off on freeing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians being held by China at the time.
The story quotes two anonymous national security sources who alleged that Dong told China’s consul general
