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».
