http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/world/americas/canada-kevin-garratt-spy-china-north-korea.html 2016-09-16 03:00:58 Canadian Kevin Garratt, Held 2 Years on Spy Charges in China, Is Released The case of Mr. Garratt, who worked with a charity that provided food to North Koreans, had dampened relations between Canada and China. === OTTAWA — A Canadian man who worked with a charity that provided food to North Koreans returned to The family of the man, Kevin Garratt, who is from Vancouver, British Columbia, said in a brief statement that he was deported after a court hearing in Dandong, China, on Tuesday. “The Garratt family thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers, and also thanks the many individuals who worked to secure Kevin’s release,” the statement said. Mr. Garratt’s Mr. Garratt and his wife, Julia Dawn Garratt, were operating a coffee house in China near the border with Ms. Garratt was released on bail and allowed to leave China. But The couple’s arrest was among the measures China took against members of Christian aid groups active near the border with North Korea at the time. In a sermon posted online but no longer available, Mr. Garratt said that he had been told by God during a prayer meeting to move to Dandong and open a cafe. “We’re trying to reach North Korea with God, with Jesus and with practical assistance,” Mr. Garratt said in the sermon, which was for a time on the website of the Terra Nova Church in Surrey, British Columbia.