A 78-year-old US citizen was sentenced on Monday by a Chinese court to life imprisonment for spying.
EDnews informs via Reuters that John Shing-wan Leung was a permanent resident of Hong Kong and also a United States passport holder.
According to the Associated Press, Leung was detained on April 15, 2021 by the counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou.
News of his sentencing came by way of the WeChat account of an Intermediate People's Court in Suzhou on Monday.