A Chinese journalist, Dong Yuyu, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for espionage by a court in Beijing. Dong, a commentator and editor, was detained by police in February 2022 while meeting with a Japanese diplomat at a restaurant and has been in custody since then.
The Beijing Number 2 Intermediate People's Court delivered the verdict without sharing a copy with Dong's lawyers or family. The court did not make any official announcement on its website or social media accounts.
