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Kennedy School of Government graduate and pro-democracy activist Yang Jianli has refused to appeal a five-year Chinese prison sentence for espionage, citing illegal misconduct by China’s judicial system...
Yang also wrote that the Chinese prison had denied him private visits with his lawyer and family members...
Last April the U.S. State Department investigated allegations that Yang was a victim of abuse and human rights violations in the Beijing prison where he has been held for almost two years...
Since Yang has already served over two years of his five-year prison sentence, Genser said he will be eligible for parole under Chinese Law on Oct. 26 of this year...
GUILTY. Plea entered by JAMES J. SMITH, 60, retired FBI agent, to charges of lying about an affair with Katrina Leung, a suspected double agent; in Washington. Smith, a married counterintelligence official who focused on China, will probably avoid prison time. He has admitted to a 20-year affair with Leung, a married Chinese-American businesswoman and FBI informant. Leung faces five criminal charges that could result in significant prison time. Smith will cooperate in her prosecution...