John Shing-wan Leung, a Hong Kong permanent resident and a US passport holder, was sentenced to life in prison for espionage.

This is according to a statement on the WeChat account of an Intermediate People's Court in east China's Suzhou city today.

No further details were provided about Leung's sentence.

- Reuters

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