In Beijing, a court sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu this Friday (29) to seven years in prison for espionage, the journalist’s family said in a statement, calling the verdict “a grave injustice.” .
For the journalist’s family, “sentence Yuyu to seven years in prison without any evidence declares to the world the bankruptcy of the judicial system in China”.
“Today’s verdict is a grave injustice not only to Yuyu and her family, but also to all free-thinking Chinese journalists and all ordinary Chinese committed to friendly engagement with the world,” the report added.
Police in the Chinese capital detained the former Guangming Daily editor and journalist in February 2022 while he was having lunch with a Japanese diplomat, the US National Press Club said in an official statement.
He was later accused of espionage.
According to the journalist’s family, during the court sentencing, the Japanese diplomats Yuyu met with were specifically named as “agents of a ‘spy organization’ based at the Japanese embassy in Beijing.”
“The former editor’s conviction represents something that all Chinese citizens should know: China’s government may consider these embassies to be ‘spy organizations,’” the statement concluded.
Yuyu regularly exchanged information in person with diplomats from various embassies and journalists.
The Japanese diplomat he met with, one of two he met regularly, was also detained for several hours, prompting a complaint from the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
At the time, a Chinese ministry spokesperson said the representative was involved in activities “inconsistent with his capabilities” in China. The diplomat was later released.
This content was originally published in Chinese journalist, accused of espionage, is sentenced to 7 years in prison on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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