China said on Friday a Japanese citizen was being investigated for harming national security, following a similar case last month in which China said six Japanese were being questioned on suspicion of illegal activity.
China said on Friday a Japanese citizen was being investigated for harming national security, following a similar case last month in which China said six Japanese were being questioned on suspicion of illegal activity.
« In May of this year, the relevant Chinese department put under investigation in accordance with the law a Japanese citizen on suspicion of harming China’s national security, » ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters, without offering details.
In Tokyo, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said they had been informed by China that the person was a man in his 60s who had been detained in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning for « violating China’s domestic law ».
