Article content

Two B.C. men now in prisons in China and Thailand on serious drug charges were allegedly working for an international fugitive wanted in both Canada and the U.S., Postmedia has learned.

Khamla Wong, a United Nations gang associate and former Abbotsford resident, has been heading the international drug operation for years, according to police in B.C. and California.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or International fugitive linked to B.C. men charged in China and Thailand Back to video

And while he has managed to avoid arrest despite facing charges on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, Robert Schellenberg and Blair Stephens have not been as lucky.

Schellenberg, also a former Abbotsford man, was sentenced to death in China in January after he appealed a 15-year jail term handed to him last fall.

Critics charged the death penalty was being used to retaliate against Canada after the Vancouver arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who the U.S. wants extradited on fraud-related charges.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed “extreme concern” about Schellenberg’s harsh sentence, and Canada has asked for clemency.