U.S. citizen John Shing-wan Leung, aged 78, was sentenced to life imprisonment on espionage charges in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on May 15. Public records indicate that Leung, a leading figure in the Pro-CCP Chinese community in Texas, held positions such as President of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (CCPPNR), an affiliated organization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
According to mainland Chinese media reports, the Intermediate People’s Court of Suzhou found Liang guilty of espionage. It sentenced him to life imprisonment, depriving him of his political rights for life, and confiscating his personal property of RMB 500,000. (approximately US$70,000)
