A Chinese retiree, Zhu Yong, has been sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement in a campaign to pressure a former Chinese official to return to China. Zhu, along with two other men, was found guilty of charges including stalking and acting as an illegal foreign agent in a trial that highlighted U.S. claims of Chinese harassment of critics overseas.
The target of the campaign, former Chinese city official Xu Jin, faced various forms of pressure to return to China, where he and his wife were accused of bribery. Tactics used against Xu included surveillance, disparaging messages sent to his daughter's Facebook friends, and an ominous note left on his door.
