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...Yang Jianli, the pro-democracy activist imprisoned by the Chinese government on undisclosed charges more than a year ago, was indicted last week on counts which could result in a life sentence, his wife and her lawyer said. The indictment was followed this Wednesday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s unanimous approval of a resolution calling for Yang’s release...
...Yang, a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government, was seized in April 2002 after entering China using another person’s passport. His trial on charges of espionage and visa violations is expected to start by the first week of August...
Jared Genser, Fu’s attorney, said the trial’s participants were ostensibly limited to three judges, two prosecutors and a court recorder in addition to Yang and his lawyer, Mo Shaoping. But Genser suspected the courtroom would have more than eight people in attendance...
...Charged. Yang Jianli, 39, scholar and pro-democracy activist arrested last April while allegedly trying to use someone else's passport to board a plane in Kunming, China; with espionage and entering the country illegally; in Beijing. Yang, a Chinese citizen with permanent U.S. residency, entered China to research labor unrest in the northeast...
...Sentenced. Yang Bin, 40, Chinese-born Dutch citizen who once ranked as China's second-richest man; to 18 years in prison for crimes including bribery and fraud; in Shenyang, China. Yang became wealthy raising flowers, before expanding into real estate. In 2002, he was selected to head a North Korean Special Administrative Region in the city of Sinuiju, apparently without Beijing's prior consent. He was arrested shortly afterward...