Tokyo demands China free Japan national detained in Beijing
Tokyo is demanding that China release a Japanese national detained in Beijing earlier this month on suspicion of spying
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo has demanded that China release a Japanese national who was detained in Beijing earlier this month on suspicion of spying, Japan’s top government spokesperson said Monday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference that Japan's Embassy in China was informed by Chinese authorities that a Japanese man in his 50s was taken into custody in Beijing earlier in March.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in Beijing that “the Japanese citizen is suspected of engaging in espionage activities in violation of the criminal law ... and the Anti-Espionage Law of the People’s Republic of China.”
All foreigners who visit and live in China “must abide by Chinese laws, and those who break the law and commit crimes must be held accountable according to the law,” Mao said at a regular news briefing.
