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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, April 12,
2002
Ins and Outs of China's Trial of US Spy
Fang Fuming, a Chinese-American who was found
guilty of illegally obtaining 35 documents containing by buying up state
secrets from 1995 to 1999, was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment March 21
in Beijing.
Chinese-American Fang Fuming gave huge sum
of money to bribe State workers, spied out and bought up secrets and
intelligence concerning engineering projects, illegally obtained 35
documents containing State secrets and gave US$245,000 in bribes to State
workers. Personnel involved include former Vice-Minister of Power
Resources Cha Keming and seven departmental and bureau officials, and
several division-level cadres. The procuratorate placed 11 cases on file
for investigation and prosecution. Fang was tried last October by a
judicial organ, he was found guilty of illegally obtaining State secrets
and bribing State workers. On March 21, Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court decided to
sentence him to five-year imprisonment and deport him from China. After
the ruling was announced by the court, the US State Department, which had
all along professed concern about the "Fang Fuming case", reacted with a
low key. Minister of Power Resources Becomes Chinese-American Although
66-year-old Fang Fuming is a Chinese-American, he spent 53 years of his
life in China. He had worked in Zhejiang provincial power department for 30 years. Due
to his seniority and the important post he held, some of his subordinates
had gradually been promoted to leading posts. Because of his professional
background and inter-personal relations, Fang became the object of
contention for among large foreign enterprises. United States and thus suddenly became a
Chinese-American. In 1993, Fang was employed as manager of a Hong
Kong -based power development consulting company. This so-called
consulting company was, in fact, an agency of a large overseas firm.
After everything was ready, Fang reappeared in China In 1995,
Chinese investigators discovered that Fang Fuming carried out frequent
activities on the Chinese mainland, particularly in the process of
tendering for major Chinese construction projects, Fang went in and out of
residences of some leaders in charge, his behavior looked suspicious. In
view of Fang's special personal capacity, the investigators decided to
stealthily track after and keep watch on him. Commission Distribution Table Surfaces The computer contained over
500 copies of materials, most of which were documents concerning State
secrets, some of them even carried written instructions of central
leaders. What's more startling was that the investigators discovered a
table in the computer, listed on which were date, names of major Chinese
construction projects, responsible members and the favor fees they
received. In which 35 individuals or work units were involved, including 7
State workers in Beijing and 15 in other provinces and cities. Recorded in
the table included millions of US dollars as bribes in Fang's plan, over
US$500,000 of which had already paid off as well as receipts with
signatures of bribe-takers. The Supreme People's Procuratorate assigned the task of
investigation and prosecution in Beijing area to Beijing municipal
People's Procuratorate which swiftly organized a special group for the
examination of the case. Under the unified command and coordination of the
Supreme People's Procuratorate, the investigation and prosecution actions
began under top secret. Rumor Spread by Overseas Media At a time when Chinese
procuratorate organ was engaging in intense investigation into the "Fang
Fuming case", Fang Fuming's capacity as a Chinese-American began to play a
role", because the US side showed "interest" in this case. Shanghai to attend the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting,
China and the United States resumed dialogs on human rights in Washington.
In the talks the US side once again expressed its "concern" about the
"Fang Fuming case", at a press conference, US State Department spokesman
Richard Boucher charged China with "violation of international norms for
long-term detention of a suspect without instituting legal proceedings",
"urging" the Chinese side "to release Fang as soon as possible". At the
same time, some overseas media began to spread the rumor that "Fang
suffered from great cruelties in prison" and "Fang had been secretly
tried". Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi clearly pointed out at a regular press
conference that the first branch of the Beijing People's Procuratorate had
on September 14 instituted prosecution against Fang Fuming at the Beijing
No.1 Intermediate People's Court. The "public prosecutor accused that Fang
Fuming's acts had constituted the "crime of spying out State secrets" and
bribery". Sun Yuxi refuted the rumor about "Fang fuming having been
secretly tried". He stressed that "this case was handled strictly in
accordance with related judicial procedures". After handling the case, the
Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court had informed the US Embassy in
China of relevant stipulations. Why Chinese-Americans Are Chosen as Spies One conspicuous common
feature of espionage cases in recent years is that most of the criminals
have the capacity of Chinese-Americans. Although they are descendents of
China, they are engaging in evil-doings by using shameful tricks and are
thus endangering the security of the motherland and are thus held in
contempt by all Chinese across the globe. By
People's Daily Online
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