Canadians freed for health reasons: China

Updated September 28 2021 - 12:25am, first published 12:21am
Michael Kovrig (centre) and Michael Spavor were detained in December 2019 in China.
Michael Kovrig (centre) and Michael Spavor were detained in December 2019 in China.

Two Canadians who had been detained in China since December 2018 - part of a spat about the detention of the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications company Huawei - were sent back home for health reasons, according to officials in Beijing.