CHINA MAY SOON EXECUTE ACCUSED TAIWAN SPY

China could soon execute a man sentenced to death for spying for diplomatic and political rival Taiwan, human rights group Amnesty International said. Wo Weihan was given the death sentence in May 2007 after a closed door trial and lost his appeal in February 2008, Amnesty said in a statement. Wo, a doctor, was accused of "discussing the health status of senior Chinese leaders, which is considered to be top secret and of sending information from a 'classified' magazine available in the Chinese Academy of Sciences library", the group said. On November 18, the court told his family to apply to visit him within seven days, after having been refused visitation rights for the last four years, Amnesty said. "This sudden move suggests that the Supreme People's Court has approved the death sentence and that the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court is preparing to execute Wo Weihan," the group added.