Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08GUANGZHOU72
2008-02-05 07:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Consulate Guangzhou
Cable title:
Straits Times Reporter Released; Traveling to Hong Kong
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UNCLAS GUANGZHOU 000072
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM, DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PGOV CH
SUBJECT: Straits Times Reporter Released; Traveling to Hong Kong
(U) THIS DOCUMENT IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. IT SHOULD NOT BE
DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE U.S. GOVERNMENT CHANNELS OR IN ANY PUBLIC FORUM
WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONCURRENCE OF THE ORIGINATOR. IT SHOULD NOT BE
POSTED ON THE INTERNET.
UNCLAS GUANGZHOU 000072
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM, DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PGOV CH
SUBJECT: Straits Times Reporter Released; Traveling to Hong Kong
(U) THIS DOCUMENT IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. IT SHOULD NOT BE
DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE U.S. GOVERNMENT CHANNELS OR IN ANY PUBLIC FORUM
WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONCURRENCE OF THE ORIGINATOR. IT SHOULD NOT BE
POSTED ON THE INTERNET.
1. (SBU) Ching Cheong, the Straits Times reporter arrested in 2005
and convicted in 2006 for spying, was released today and is on his
way to Hong Kong, according to South China Morning Post reporter
Ivan Zhai. Zhai speculated that Cheong, whose five-year sentence
was due to end in 2011, was released as a pre-Chinese New Year
gesture of goodwill by the Chinese government.
GOLDBERG
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM, DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PGOV CH
SUBJECT: Straits Times Reporter Released; Traveling to Hong Kong
(U) THIS DOCUMENT IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. IT SHOULD NOT BE
DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE U.S. GOVERNMENT CHANNELS OR IN ANY PUBLIC FORUM
WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONCURRENCE OF THE ORIGINATOR. IT SHOULD NOT BE
POSTED ON THE INTERNET.
1. (SBU) Ching Cheong, the Straits Times reporter arrested in 2005
and convicted in 2006 for spying, was released today and is on his
way to Hong Kong, according to South China Morning Post reporter
Ivan Zhai. Zhai speculated that Cheong, whose five-year sentence
was due to end in 2011, was released as a pre-Chinese New Year
gesture of goodwill by the Chinese government.
GOLDBERG