Former MP Han Dong and Global News say they have settled their lawsuit concerning allegations that Dong was involved with the Chinese consulate in Toronto.
Amid a flurry of intelligence leaks in the media on Beijing interference in Canada in 2023, Global News reported that Dong told the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that the detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor should be extended.
Dong, who was the MP for the Toronto riding of Don Valley North at the time, subsequently left the Liberal Party caucus and sued Global for defamation.
Global “recognizes the findings of the Final Report of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference, including that the classified information reviewed by Justice Marie Josee Hogue corroborates that Mr. Dong did not suggest that the PRC extend the detention” of Kovrig and Spavor, a June 15 statement by the media company says….