Erik Eckholm: China Opens New Inquiry of Times Researcher Held Incommunicado

From the New York Times:

Chinese researcher for The New York Times who has been held incommunicado for seven months on suspicion of leaking state secrets is now being investigated for financial fraud, Chinese security officials told the man’s lawyer in Beijing this week…

Some legal experts and diplomats said it appeared possible that the secrets charge, which is shrouded in the wrap of national security, could be dropped for lack of evidence while a new case would be pursued on a far less serious charge of fraud.

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