Slick move:
"Texas geologist freed after serving 8 years in China prison" Associated Press April 05, 2015
BEIJING — A Chinese-born geologist from Houston was released from prison in China after serving more than eight years on charges of procuring state secrets, a human rights group said Saturday.
Xue Feng, 50, returned to his family on Friday after being deported immediately after his release, according to the Dui Hua foundation, a human rights organization based in San Francisco.
The foundation has long advocated on Xue’s behalf, and executive director John Kamm said in a statement that he was relieved Xue was home after what he called a ‘‘terrible ordeal.’’
The State Department said it was aware of reports that Xue had returned to the United States, but did not comment further.
‘‘Due to privacy concerns, we cannot divulge information on these cases,’’ it said.
Xue was detained in November 2007 and sentenced in 2010 on charges of illegally gathering information on China’s oil industry.
His case raised questions about whether normal business activities elsewhere might conflict with China’s vague state security laws. Supporters also said Xue was physically abused in detention and was denied proper legal rights.
Xue was born in China and earned a doctorate at the University of Chicago. After becoming a US citizen, he returned to his native country to work for the US consultancy firm IHS Energy, now known as IHS Inc.
American diplomats had lobbied hard for Xue’s release, saying his alleged crimes didn’t warrant the harshness of his sentence.
In pronouncing him guilty, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court said his actions ‘‘endangered our country’s national security.’’
The verdict said Xue received documents on geological conditions of onshore oil wells and a database that gave the coordinates of more than 30,000 oil and gas wells belonging to China National Petroleum Corp. and listed subsidiary PetroChina Ltd.
The case underscored the unwillingness of China’s legal system to recognize the status of Chinese who have given up their citizenship and become citizens elsewhere.
China has a problem with dual nationals, huh?
Can't say as I blame them.
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Also see: Cutting Out the Chinese Crap
Slick springing him, but that smells.
