Legal Defeat for Toronto Group Ex-Leader ‘Devastating’ for Beijing: Rights Advocate

The recent defeat of a defamation lawsuit filed by a former head of a well-known Toronto-area umbrella group of Chinese-Canadian associations serves as a “devastating blow” to Beijing, a China critic says. Toronto human rights activist Sheng Xue, a key leader of the overseas Chinese pro-democracy movement, told The Epoch Times that “the court’s decision in this lawsuit will, firstly, deliver a devastating blow to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and those closely aligned with it. The case also serves as a warning to organizations cultivated by the CCP in Canada.” Ms. Sheng was referring to a lawsuit filed by Zhu Jiang, then-executive chair of the Council of Newcomer Organizations (CONCO), against four CONCO co-chairs....