02-05-08

中國釋放因間諜罪被囚禁香港記者 (China Releases Hong Kong Journalist Imprisoned for Espionage)

中國官員說，因間諜活動被監禁兩年的香港資深記者程翔已經被假釋。香港的報導說，新加坡海峽時報派的首席記者程翔預計星期二返家。

程翔2005年4月被捕。在2006年一次持續一天的不公開審判中，他被定犯有為台灣充當間諜罪，判處5年監禁。

總部設在紐約的保護記者委員會上個星期說，中國目前關押著29名記者。該組織說，中國對全國媒體施行嚴格的控制，而且沒有履行在奧運前及期間不受限制地報導2008年奧運會的承諾。

Chinese officials say a veteran Hong Kong reporter imprisoned for two years for espionage activities has been freed on parole. Reports in Hong Kong say Ching Cheong, chief correspondent for Singapore's "The Straits Times" newspaper, is expected to return home Tuesday.

Ching was arrested in April of 2005. In a one-day closed-door trial held in 2006, he was sentenced to five years in prison, convicted of spying for Taiwan.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said last week China had 29 journalists behind bars. The group said China imposes severe constraints on its national media, and has not kept a promise to apply no restrictions to the coverage of the 2008 Olympics before and during the games.

日本大臣稱毒餃子可能故意所為 (Japanese Minister Says Dumpling Poisoning May Have Been Deliberate)

日本厚生勞動相舛添要一說，造成10名日本人中毒並引發全國範圍食品恐慌的中國出產的餃子，可能被人有意投下殺蟲劑。舛添要一星期二在東京對記者說，目前發現的證據顯示，下毒非常可能是一次犯罪行為。

到目前為止，中國的檢測沒有發現日本當局認為造成民眾中毒的這種殺蟲劑的痕跡。日本調查人員在其中至少一袋涉及中毒案的餃子的外包裝袋上發現了刺孔以及殺蟲劑的痕跡。污染源目前還沒有查明。

4名日本官員星期二在北京跟中國官員討論毒餃子事件。他們隨後將參訪餃子生產廠家。

Japan's health minister says Chinese-made dumplings that left 10 people ill and sparked a nationwide food scare may have been deliberately poisoned with pesticide. 
Speaking to reporters Tuesday in Tokyo, Yoichi Masuzoe said the evidence uncovered so far suggests that it is highly likely that the poisoning was a crime.

So far, tests in China have turned up no signs of the pesticide that Japanese authorities have blamed for making people sick. Investigators in Japan have found punctures on the outside of at least one of the bags tied to the poisonings as well as traces of the pesticide. The source of the contamination has yet to be identified. 

In Beijing Tuesday, four Japanese officials began talks to discuss the event of poinous dumplings. They will later visit the factories where the dumplings were made.