China sentences Swedish bookseller to 10 years in prison

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A court in eastern China has sentenced a seller of books that took a skeptical look at the ruling Communist Party to 10 years in prison for 'illegally providing intelligence overseas,' in a further sign of Beijing's hard line toward its critics.

Last Updated Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:45AM EST

For years, Gui sold gossipy books about Chinese leaders in the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong. He first disappeared in 2015, when he was believed to have been abducted by Chinese agents from his seaside home in Thailand. "Despite the authorities' claim that Gui has somehow handed over `intelligence' while in their custody, the reason for his targeting almost certainly relates to his attempted trip to Beijing with two Swedish diplomats in 2018," Poon said in an emailed statement.

He was initially released into house arrest in Ningbo, then police detained him once again while he and two Swedish diplomats were on a train together bound for Beijing. "We got no information that this was going on and had not had access to either the trial or been allowed to see the charges," Linde told SVT. "This is not at all in line with how diplomatic consular work is going. We have the right to gain access to Swedish citizens. We have demanded it, but didn't get it."

 

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