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Viewing cable 08GUANGZHOU72, Straits Times Reporter Released; Traveling to Hong Kong

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08GUANGZHOU72 2008-02-05 07:15 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Guangzhou 
VZCZCXRO9515
OO RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHVC
DE RUEHGZ #0072 0360715
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 050715Z FEB 08
FM AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6861
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE
 
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. 
 
ΒΆ1. (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