China sentences 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on spying charges
Source: AP
BEIJING (AP) China sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges, in a case that could exacerbate the deterioration in ties between Beijing and Washington over recent years.
Details of the charges against John Shing-Wan Leung, who also holds permanent residency in Hong Kong, have not been publicly released.
Leung was detained April 15, 2021, by the local bureau of Chinas counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou, according to a statement posted by the citys intermediate court on its social media site. His detention came after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and social controls to fight the spread of COVID-19.
Such investigations and trials are held behind closed doors and little information is generally released other than vague accusations of infiltration, gathering secrets and threatening state security.
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Martinez8889
(10 posts)recordss ,,3./// :
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)He's been in prison 2 years already.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,755 posts)Winnie the Flu is worse than Mao. . .bigger ego, more paranoid, and more power hungry.