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The Canadian suspected of spying on the NATO military headquarters in Belgium is expected to remain in detention until her trial, which could be a year or more away. Biwei Zhang, 33, will remain in custody after a Belgian judge on Monday denied the former NATO intern’s appeal for release. "Today, the Chamber of Indictments decided to extend the suspect’s pretrial detention by one month," the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Zhang must appear before a judge at regular intervals — once a month for the first three months and every two months thereafter — to determine whether pretrial detention remains appropriate. Because of the seriousness of the allegations and the risk that the suspect may abscond, it is "rather unlikely" that Zhang will be released before the trial, one Belgian legal expert told CBC News. Frank Verbruggen, a criminal law professor at KU Leuven in Belgium, says Zhang's trial won't begin until next year 'at the earliest.'

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