Hong Kong journalist freed
Published:Tuesday | February 5, 2008 | 1:44 PM
A Hong Kong journalist who was jailed for spying in China has been released.
Ching Cheong was detained in 2005 and sentenced to five years in jail in a case that angered many human rights groups.
Chinese officials accused him of buying information and passing it to Taiwan. These charges were rejected by his family and employer the Singapore\'s Straits Times.
He has now returned to Hong Kong to spend Lunar New Year with his family.