Tong Daning

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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.^[1][2][3]

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1. ^ David Lague (2006). China Executes Official Accused of Spying. New York Times. Retrieved on [[08 August 2006]].
2. ^ China Executes Official as Taiwan Spy, 1st Since 1999. Bloomberg (2006). Retrieved on [[08 August 2006]].
3. ^ Official executed for spying in China. Gulf Times (2006). Retrieved on [[08 August 2006]].