China frees Hong Kong journalist

Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, who was jailed in mainland China on spying charges, has been released after serving less than half a five-year sentence. He was convicted of buying information and passing it to Taiwan - charges rejected by his family and his employer, Singapore's Straits Times. A Hong Kong Journalists' Association spokesman greeted his release but added: "We regret that while he was innocent he was still put in jail." (Via BBC)