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In the second such sentencing this year, a Canadian man has been given the death penalty in China for drugs offences.

The sentence is likely to further strain Sino-Canadian relations, which have frayed since Canada arrested a Chinese tech executive last December at the request of the U.S.

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Fan Wei was one of 11 people sentenced Tuesday at the Jiangmen Intermediate People’s Court in southern Guangdong province for their roles in a methamphetamine ring.

Also among the 11 sentenced were one American and four Mexicans, who were all given life sentences or death sentences suspended by a period of two years. A court statement did not make clear which individual received what sentence.

Though the Canadian was identified as “Fan Wei,” it remains unclear whether that is the person’s legal name. A person identified as Wu Ziping, whose nationality was not specified, was also handed a death sentence.