Prague Court Opens Trial of Chinese Citizen Accused of Spying
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Under tight security conditions, the Prague City Court began hearing the indictment of 32-year-old Yang Yi-min from China on Wednesday, whom prosecutors accuse of acting illegally for a foreign power. If convicted, Yang could spend up to five years in prison. However, the defendant has denied any wrongdoing.
Chinese citizen Yang Yiming, through his lawyer, rejected the indictment accusing him of spying for the Chinese secret service at the Prague Municipal Court today. The man is guilty of the crime of unauthorized activity for a foreign power, the first person prosecuted under this section in the Czech Republic. The lawyer suggested that the...
Chinese citizen Yang Yiming, through his lawyer, rejected the indictment accusing him of spying for the Chinese secret service at the Prague Municipal Court today. The man is guilty of the crime of unauthorized activity for a foreign power, the first person prosecuted under this section in the Czech Republic. The lawyer proposed that the public be excluded from the rest of the main trial, and the court will decide on the motion after a break.
The court has begun to unravel the espionage case surrounding a Chinese citizen who was accused of collecting sensitive information in the Czech Republic under the guise of a journalist and passing it on to Chinese secret services.
Jang I-min will appear before the Municipal Court in Prague on Wednesday. The man, who officially worked in the Czech Republic as an accredited correspondent for the Chinese newspaper Guangming Daily, will appear before Judge Tom Frankič. This is the first case in history in which the Czech judiciary has dealt with an indictment for the crime of unauthorized activity for a foreign power, or espionage.
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