China journalist accused of info leak to Japan gets 7-year jail term

A Beijing court on Friday handed down a seven-year jail term to a former senior editor at a major Chinese newspaper affiliated with the ruling Communist Party who had been accused of leaking information to Japanese diplomats, sources familiar with the matter said.Dong Yuyu, a former deputy head of the Guangming Daily editorial department, had pleaded not guilty to the charge and is set to appeal the court decision, the sources said.He was detained in February 2022 after meeting with a Japanese Embassy official in Beijing and was indicted in March last year for alleged espionage, the sources…READ FULL ARTICLE