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- The Schellenberg smuggling incident is a case in which Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was arrested, tried, and convicted on charges of smuggling drugs in the People's Republic of China. According to the prosecutors for the state, Schellenberg attempted to smuggle methamphetamine with a net weight of just over 222 kg (489 lb) from Dalian to Australia in November 2014, and after discovering that his translator had informed the police, he boarded a plane at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport with the intention of fleeing to Thailand. Schellenberg was arrested by Chinese police when the plane had a stopover at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. Schellenberg argued that he was framed by drug dealer Xu Qing and that he was an innocent tourist. On November 20, 2018, the Dalian Intermediate People's Court tried and sentenced Schellenberg to 15 years in prison for drug smuggling, confiscation of 150,000 yuan in personal property, and deportation. Schellenberg appealed the verdict. On December 29 of the same year, the Liaoning Provincial High People's Court retried him. During the trial, the prosecutor claimed that the initial trial that Schellenberg was an accessory criminal, and the crime did not succeed, so the punishment should be light was inappropriate. The High Court of Liaoning Province ruled in court to send the case back to Dalian Intermediate People's Court for retrial. On January 14, 2019, the Dalian Intermediate People's Court opened a retrial to review the case, sentencing Schellenberg to death and confiscation of all property. After the retrial, Schellenberg's defense team stated that it would appeal. The Schellenberg case has caused controversy in law and diplomacy. Chinese law stipulates that if the defendant appealed and the retrial court returned the case for review, the original trial court shall not increase the criminal's sentence unless there are new criminal facts and additional prosecutions by the People's Procuratorate, which is the so-called "no additional sentence for appeal" rule. But, according to Article 347 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, 15 years of imprisonment, life imprisonment, or the death penalty is an appropriate sentence for smuggling over 1 kg (with Schellenberg smuggling 222 kg). Schellenberg's defense lawyer Zhang Dongshuo and others argued that the Dalian Intermediate People's Court's decision violated the rule of "no additional sentence on appeal". Chinese official media and some Chinese jurists believe that the judgment of the Dalian Intermediate People's Court is in line with relevant laws, as they argued that there were additional evidence and hence the rule no longer applies. In addition, some questioned the case's evidence and trial procedures. Prior to the retrial, on December 1, 2018, at the request of the United States, Canada arrested the vice chairman of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, causing friction in China-Canada relations. China has arrested two Canadian citizens for jeopardising national security. Some people believe that China was pressuring Canada through Schellenberg, and the previous "hostage diplomacy" has been upgraded to "criminal diplomacy." (en)
- 谢伦伯格走私毒品案是中华人民共和国检察机关指控加拿大公民罗伯特·劳埃德·谢伦伯格（Robert Lloyd Schellenberg）在中国的案件。检方指控，2014年11月，谢伦伯格企图将净重222.035千克的222包冰毒自大连走私到澳大利亚，察觉事情有变后，谢伦伯格在大连周水子机场登机，打算逃往泰国曼谷。飞机中途在广州白云机场停靠时，谢伦伯格被中国警方逮捕。谢伦伯格最初辩称自己是被陷害的无辜游客。2018年11月20日，一审判决，以判处谢伦伯格有期徒刑15年、没收个人财产15万元人民币、驱逐出境。谢伦伯格不服判决，提出上诉。同年12月29日，辽宁省高级人民法院二审公开开庭审理本案。庭审中，辽宁省人民检察院检察员称一审认定谢伦伯格是从犯、犯罪未遂因而从轻处罚的判决不当。辽宁省高院当庭裁定发回大连市中院重审。2019年1月14日，大连市中院开庭重审此案，当庭判决谢伦伯格死刑、没收全部财产。谢伦伯格方在重审后再次提起上诉。2021年8月10日，辽宁省高级人民法院二审驳回上诉，维持死刑判决。 谢伦伯格案在法律、外交上引起了争议。《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》第二百三十七条和《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法〉的解释》第三百二十七条规定，被告人提出上诉、二审法院发回重审的案件，除非有新的犯罪事实、人民检察院补充起诉，否则原审法院不得加重被告人的刑罚，即所谓“上诉不加刑”。谢伦伯格的辩护律师北京莫少平律师事务所张冬硕等人认为大连市中院的判决违反了“上诉不加刑”的法律规定。中国官方媒体和一些中国法学家则认为大连市中院的判决符合《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法〉的解释》第三百二十七条中“有新的犯罪事实，人民检察院补充起诉”的情形，可不遵守“上诉不加刑”的规定。此外，还有人质疑此案的证据、审理程序存在问题。 重审之前，加拿大在2018年12月1日应美国要求拘捕了中国华为公司副董事长、创始人任正非长女孟晚舟，引起中加关系摩擦。中国以危害国家安全为由拘捕了两名加拿大公民。有观点认为，中国借谢伦伯格向加拿大施压，此前的“人质外交”已升级成“行刑外交”。加拿大总理贾斯廷·特鲁多公开表示严重关切，认为中国的死刑判决是武断的。加拿大政府发出旅游警告，称前往中国可能面临该国任意执行法律的风险，要求赴华旅游公民高度警惕。重审后，方慧蘭称已向中国表示坚决反对这一残酷且非人道的刑罚，并将继续与中国当局交涉，为谢伦伯格提供宽大处理。2021年8月维持死刑判决后，加拿大总理、外交部长发布声明表示谴责该判决，不放弃提供领事协助。 中国外交部发言人华春莹说加拿大反而应该提醒其人民不要走私毒品，称加拿大的旅游禁令如同贼喊捉贼，要求加拿大尊重中国法律、停止发布不负责任的言论。中国外交部发布提醒，称加拿大近期出现任意拘捕中国公民的事件，赴加旅游应注意风险。 (zh)
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- The Schellenberg smuggling incident is a case in which Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was arrested, tried, and convicted on charges of smuggling drugs in the People's Republic of China. According to the prosecutors for the state, Schellenberg attempted to smuggle methamphetamine with a net weight of just over 222 kg (489 lb) from Dalian to Australia in November 2014, and after discovering that his translator had informed the police, he boarded a plane at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport with the intention of fleeing to Thailand. Schellenberg was arrested by Chinese police when the plane had a stopover at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. Schellenberg argued that he was framed by drug dealer Xu Qing and that he was an innocent tourist. On November 20, 2018, the Dali (en)
- 谢伦伯格走私毒品案是中华人民共和国检察机关指控加拿大公民罗伯特·劳埃德·谢伦伯格（Robert Lloyd Schellenberg）在中国的案件。检方指控，2014年11月，谢伦伯格企图将净重222.035千克的222包冰毒自大连走私到澳大利亚，察觉事情有变后，谢伦伯格在大连周水子机场登机，打算逃往泰国曼谷。飞机中途在广州白云机场停靠时，谢伦伯格被中国警方逮捕。谢伦伯格最初辩称自己是被陷害的无辜游客。2018年11月20日，一审判决，以判处谢伦伯格有期徒刑15年、没收个人财产15万元人民币、驱逐出境。谢伦伯格不服判决，提出上诉。同年12月29日，辽宁省高级人民法院二审公开开庭审理本案。庭审中，辽宁省人民检察院检察员称一审认定谢伦伯格是从犯、犯罪未遂因而从轻处罚的判决不当。辽宁省高院当庭裁定发回大连市中院重审。2019年1月14日，大连市中院开庭重审此案，当庭判决谢伦伯格死刑、没收全部财产。谢伦伯格方在重审后再次提起上诉。2021年8月10日，辽宁省高级人民法院二审驳回上诉，维持死刑判决。 中国外交部发言人华春莹说加拿大反而应该提醒其人民不要走私毒品，称加拿大的旅游禁令如同贼喊捉贼，要求加拿大尊重中国法律、停止发布不负责任的言论。中国外交部发布提醒，称加拿大近期出现任意拘捕中国公民的事件，赴加旅游应注意风险。 (zh)
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