The unnamed worker is said to have been in detention since February last year
An employee of Japanese trading house Itochu Corporation has been detained in China for about a year accused of espionage, according to sources familiar with the case.
The male employee, who is in his 40s, was detained by state security authorities during a visit to Guangzhou, a port city in the southern province of Guangdong, in February last year on suspicion of harming Chinese security, sources said on Thursday.
