00:17:53.160and I don't see them making that mistake.
00:17:55.800In a public statement today, Dong said he retained a lawyer to take action against Global and its parent Chorus Entertainment for the content of a news story last week, which he said was untrue.
00:18:07.900It is inconceivable that I would ever suggest a falsely accused individual should spend an extra minute in jail.
00:18:15.040dong's statement read uh referring to the uh the two guys who were in jail the two michaels
00:18:22.680who were canadians who were in jail for whatever reason in china last week global news reported
00:18:29.920dong attempted to benefit the liberal party by prolonging the imprisonment of the two michaels
00:18:35.500the story cited two anonymous national security officials and claimed dong advised the chinese
00:18:40.140to keep Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in custody