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China hands death sentence to state secrets leaker

 Published: 11:19, 7 November 2024

China hands death sentence to state secrets leaker

China has handed down a rare death sentence to a former state agency employee for leaking classified information to foreign intelligence agencies.

Beijing’s Ministry of State Security said in a statement on Wednesday that the man, identified only by the surname Zhang, had been recruited after he had left his position, in which he had access to 'a large number of state secrets'.

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