2020.07.02 12:55Nation

スパイ罪の邦人帰国へ　５年の刑期終え―中国

　【北京時事】菅義偉官房長官は２日の記者会見で、２０１５年５月に中国当局に拘束され、スパイ罪で懲役５年の実刑判決を受けた５０代の日本人男性が刑期を満了し、１日に出所したことを明らかにした。日中関係筋によると、男性は２日午後にも帰国する見通し。
　１４年１１月に反スパイ法が施行された中国では、１５年以降、スパイ容疑などで少なくとも１５人の日本人が相次いで拘束された。懲役の実刑判決を受けた９人のうち、帰国するのは今回の男性が初めてとみられる。
　男性は神奈川県に住む元脱北者で、中朝国境に近い遼寧省丹東市で拘束された。１８年７月に判決が出たが、容疑事実などは公表されていない。（2020/07/02-12:55）

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2020.07.02 12:55Nation

Japanese Man Sentenced for Spying in China to Return Home

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A Japanese man in his 50s is expected to return home as early as Thursday afternoon after serving five years in prison in China for spying charges, informed sources said.
   The man was released from a prison in China on Wednesday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference in Tokyo.
   The Japanese man, a former North Korean defector and a resident of Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, was detained in Dandong, Liaoning Province, near the border with the North, in May 2015.
   The ruling was issued in July 2018, but his offenses and other details have not been disclosed.
   He is believed to become the first person to return home among the nine Japanese nationals given prison terms in China for spying charges.

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