Beijing court sentences journalist to seven years

Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A Beijing court has sentenced Dong Yuyu, a former journalist for a Chinese state-run newspaper, to seven years in prison on charges of espionage, his family said Friday.

Dong, 62, a deputy editor and columnist for Guangming Daily, was detained in February 2022 while meeting Japanese diplomats, including then-ambassador Hideo Tarumi, at a Beijing hotel. He was subsequently held incommunicado for six months.

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