Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Chrystia Freeland, said on Wednesday a second Canadian had contacted consular officials to say they were being questioned by Chinese authorities and said Global Affairs Canada has not been able to contact or locate the individual since they contacted Canadian officials.
The news came one day after a Canadian diplomat, currently on leave from the department, had been detained in China. Diplomatic tensions have escalated between Canada and China since the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer for Chinese telecom giant Huawei in Vancouver.