伊藤忠社員が出所、帰国へ　中国で３年の刑期満了

　【北京時事】２０１８年２月に中国広東省広州市で当局に拘束され、懲役３年の実刑判決を受けた大手商社・伊藤忠商事の４０代の日本人男性社員が、今月２０日に刑期を満了し、出所したことが２２日分かった。男性は帰国準備を進めている。日中関係筋が明らかにした。
　男性社員は、スパイ行為などを取り締まる国家安全局に拘束され、広州市中級人民法院（地裁）が１９年１０月、国家安全危害罪で懲役３年の判決を言い渡した。どのような行為が罪に問われたかは公表されていない。
　中国では１５年以降、スパイ行為などに関わったとして日本人１５人が拘束され、解放された５人を除く１０人が起訴された。刑が確定した９人のうち今回の男性社員を含む２人が刑期を満了。１９年７月に湖南省長沙市で拘束された男性の裁判は今月始まった。（2021/02/22-17:07）

A Japanese man in his 40s was released from a prison in China on Saturday, completing a three-year prison sentence over an espionage case, and is now set to return to Japan, diplomatic sources said Monday.
   The man, an employee of major Japanese trading firm Itochu Corp. , was arrested by Chinese security authorities in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in February 2018.
   In October 2019, a district court in the southern Chinese city gave him the sentence for the crime of endangering national security, although the action that led to the charge was not disclosed.
   In China, a total of 15 Japanese people have been detained on spying and other charges since 2015. Of them, 10 were indicted, while the other five were freed.
   Of the 10 indicted, nine were given sentences. Two of them, including the Itochu employee, have now finished their prison terms.