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 BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court sentenced a New York Times researcher to three years in prison on a fraud conviction Friday, but acquitted him of the more serious charge of revealing state secrets.
The case against Zhao Yan, 44, came amid efforts by the communist government to tighten controls on the media as dozens of reporters have been jailed, often on charges of violating China's vague secrecy and security laws.
Zhao was found innocent of the charge that could have resulted in a 10-year sentence because the court concluded that "prosecutors did not provide sufficient evidence," the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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