[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: China charges HK reporter as spy

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Mr Ching, the chief China correspondent for Singapore's Straits Times, had been detained since late April. 

China accuses him of buying information and passing it to Taiwan's intelligence services over a period of five years from 2000 to March 2005. 

If Mr Ching is convicted, he could face the death penalty. 



** China charges HK reporter as spy **
Chinese authorities formally charge a Hong Kong journalist detained since April with spying for Taiwan.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/4747613.stm >


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