Tong Daning

Tong Daning was a high-level government official in the People's Republic of China who was executed for espionage in April 2006.

Tong held a number of senior roles in the Chinese civil service. He spent 15 years working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and also held senior roles at the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Council for Social Security Fund, a multi-billion dollar national pension fund. The Beijing Intermediate Court found him guilty of selling state secretes to Taiwan, and he was sentenced to death. His execution occurred on April 21 2006. Subsequently, recordings of his trial were shown to other Chinese civil servants in an effort to discourage espionage.Tong was the most senior Chinese official to be executed for espionage since Lt. Gen. Liu Liangkun in 1999. cite web
author=David Lague | publisher=New York Times | year=2006
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/world/asia/08cnd-execute.html
title=China Executes Official Accused of Spying
accessdate=2006-08-08

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author= | publisher=Bloomberg | year=2006
url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aFkqILOHbVls&refer=asia
title=China Executes Official as Taiwan Spy, 1st Since 1999
accessdate=2006-08-08

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author= | publisher=Gulf Times | year=2006
url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=101354&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25
title=Official executed for spying in China
accessdate=2006-08-08

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