N.Y. Times Researcher in China Will Face Trial

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BEIJING -- A Chinese researcher in the New York Times Beijing bureau will be tried next month for fraud and divulging state secrets despite a court's earlier decision to drop the charges, his attorney said Saturday.

The trial of Zhao Yan, 44, was tentatively set to begin June 8 in Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court after the charges were refiled, the attorney, Mo Shaoping, said he was told by a court official Friday. The charge of revealing state secrets is regarded as particularly serious under Chinese law, and acquittals are rare in such cases.

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N.Y. Times Researcher in China Will Face Trial

The prosecutor's move to refile the charges, and the court's acceptance of them as the basis of a t...

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