BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday that Japan should respect Chinese judicial sovereignty, in response to queries about reports of a Japanese man being sentenced to 12 years in prison for espionage in China. Chinese judicial authorities handled the case in strict accordance with legal procedures, ministry spokesperson Lin Jian […]
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China says Japanese man espionage case handled ‘in strict accordance with legal procedures’
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday that Japan should respect Chinese judicial sovereignty, in response to queries about reports of a Japanese man being sentenced to 12 years in prison for espionage in China.
Chinese judicial authorities handled the case in strict accordance with legal procedures, ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular press conference.
(Reporting by Joe Cash; Writing by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)