Chinese journalist faces espionage trial – Jim Yardley
From The International Herald Tribune:
A Chinese researcher for The New York Times was indicted Friday for revealing state secrets to the newspaper and also on a lesser charge of fraud, a move that should send the case to trial within six weeks, his lawyer said.
The researcher, Zhao Yan, 43, who worked in the newspaper’s Beijing bureau, has spent 15 months in prison without a hearing. He has denied the charges, as has The Times, and his lawyers say he has refused efforts by investigators to obtain a confession. The formal indictment is significant because such a move on state secrets charges is usually tantamount to conviction in China.
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