Japanese man given 12-year prison term in China for espionage

[Stranagor]

BEIJING
A Japanese man in his 50s was sentenced to 12 years in prison in China earlier this month for espionage, a Japanese Foreign Ministry source said Thursday.

The man, who has been detained in Changsha in central China's Hunan Province since July 2019, was given the sentence by an intermediate court in the city on Feb. 8, but the ruling did not provide details of his spying activities, according to the source.

The man could appeal the court decision. The Japanese government has been calling on China to release him at an early date and ensure transparency in judicial procedures related to his case, the source said.

Since 2015, at least 16 Japanese citizens have been detained in China on such charges as espionage. Of them, 10 nationals including the man in his 50s have been sentenced to jail terms of up to 15 years.

China has been stepping up its scrutiny of foreign organizations and individuals in the name of protecting national security, with a number of foreigners detained particularly after a counterespionage law took effect in 2014 and a national security law in 2015.

Japanese man given 12-year prison term in China for espionage

A Japanese man in his 50s was sentenced to 12 years in prison in China earlier this month for espionage, a Japanese Foreign Ministry source said Thursday. The man, who has been detained in Changsha in central China's Hunan Province since July 2019, was given the sentence by an intermediate…

japantoday.com

 

[Stranagor]

Japanese Man Gets 12-Year Prison Term in China for Spying

BEIJING (Jiji Press) — Changsha Intermediate People’s Court of Hunan Province, China, sentenced a Japanese man in his 50s to 12 years in prison for spying in a ruling Feb. 8, sources said Thursday. The man was held in the inland city of Changsha in July 2019 by national security authorities...

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

 

[REhorror]

What did he do?
12 years?

Did he spy the PLA's weapon cache or what?

 

[silverox]

The Japanese are a serious people

Before the war with the Manchus

Japanese spies began mapping the location of Chinese naval ports in Lüshunkou District

Twenty years before the Japanese invasion of the Republic of China

Japanese spies began to go deep into the Chinese interior, mapping geographical data

The maps made by the Japanese spies are very detailed

Even to the location of Well, hidden paths

Before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

It also makes extensive use of spies

Monitor Pearl Harbor

 

[Azadkashmir]

re education time for 12 yrs and some rice bowl.