Man Convicted of Spying on Falun Gong in Germany

For the first time a Chinese agent has been convicted of spying on practitioners of Falun Gong a spiritual discipline, in Germany. John Zhou, was given a two-year suspended sentence as well as a hefty fine.
Man Convicted of Spying on Falun Gong in Germany
Matthew Robertson
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/John.Zhou_OttO_Schily_DSC01015_medium.JPG"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/John.Zhou_OttO_Schily_DSC01015_medium.JPG" alt="CONVICTED: Spy John Zhou and his attorney Otto Schily leave the courthouse after Zhou was found guilty, in Celle, Germany, on June 8. (Renate Lilge-Stodieck /The Epoch Times)" title="CONVICTED: Spy John Zhou and his attorney Otto Schily leave the courthouse after Zhou was found guilty, in Celle, Germany, on June 8. (Renate Lilge-Stodieck /The Epoch Times)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-127232"/></a>
CONVICTED: Spy John Zhou and his attorney Otto Schily leave the courthouse after Zhou was found guilty, in Celle, Germany, on June 8. (Renate Lilge-Stodieck /The Epoch Times)
Matthew Robertson
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Matthew Robertson is the former China news editor for The Epoch Times. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in Washington, D.C. In 2013 he was awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for coverage of the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience.
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