For the first time, Michael Kovrig shares his story about being caught up in an international diplomatic dispute. In an exclusive interview, he tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault about being grabbed off the streets of Beijing by masked officials and how he endured 1,019 cruel days held captive in China.
00:00 The abduction
01:23 'I still carry a lot of pain around'
01:54 'They try to destroy you psychologically'
03:13 The Meng Wanzhou connection
04:04 'I underestimated their ruthlessness'
04:45 The men in black, the blindfold, and the shock
06:22 Swept into a dark maze
06:55 Accused and imprisoned
07:42 Locked up in solitary confinement
08:46 Dead silence
09:10 Isolation and relentless interrogation
10:22 'I had to find iron discipline'
11:04 Relocated: 'Like moving from hell to limbo'
11:37 Letters home to an infant daughter
12:45 Leonard Cohen helped crack the darkness
14:12 The best friend and tireless advocate
15:46 Learning Michael Spavor was taken
17:44 The Kovrig family's pain and frustration
18:54 'Going public is the only way'
19:14 Did Canada do enough?
20:04 'The Canadian government was not prepared'
20:01 On home soil: 'The weight finally lifted'
21:50 Meeting a daughter for the first time
23:34 Lingering speculation: 'I've never been a spy'
24:19 The rift between the Michaels
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