Claim 597

Dong was arrested in February 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat in Beijing.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Dong was arrested in February 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat in Beijing.
Field: action
Value: arrested at lunch, February 2022
About: incident 2024-china-dong-yuyu-espionage-sentence
Source: Son of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu says espionage conviction 'purely political'
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-09-30

Quotation from the source

He was arrested in February 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat in Beijing.