CHINESE ARMY OFFICER EXECUTED FOR SPYING

a Chinese People's Liberation Army (P.L.A) officer was executed after a military court found him guilty of selling classified documents to Taiwan, a Hong Kong newspaper reported. The pro-Beijing daily Ta Kung Pao said Lt. Dai Yibiao, 33, contacted a Taiwanese spy through the Internet in April 2006 and in November of that year sent the agent 116 classified electronic documents over the Internet. Dai was said to have received 82,160 yuan (about US$12,000) for the documents, the report said. The Nanjing Military Court ruled that Dai's behavior constituted espionage and sentenced him to death. Dai's appeal at the P.L.A. military court failed and he was executed, the report said.