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China Frees Jailed Hong Kong Journalist (Updated)

Reuters and RTHK are reporting that Straits Times reporter Ching Cheong has been freed from prison: China has freed Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong reporter for Singapore’s Straits Times sentenced to five years for spying for Taiwan, Hong Kong’s RTHK reported on its Web site on Tuesday. Ching, who was reportedly in poor health and whose family had pushed for an early release on medical ground