BEIJING (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 15th May, 2023) Hong Kong permanent resident Liang Chengyun, who holds a US passport, has been sentenced to life in prison for espionage, an intermediate people's court in China's eastern city of Suzhou said on Monday.
Moreover, 78-year-old Liang Chengyun, also known as John Shing-wan Leung, was deprived of political rights, the court said in a statement, adding that the Chinese authorities had confiscated his property worth 500,000 Yuan ($71,800) as part of the first instance trial.
No other details on the case were provided by the court.
