SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Straits Times newspaper said on Saturday Chinese authorities had extended the detention of its chief correspondent in China, who was arrested earlier this year on charges of spying for Taiwan.
Ching Cheong, 56, was first detained in April in Southern China, and formally arrested in August.
"Because the case is complex, and with the approval of the Beijing People's Procuratorate, the investigation and detention period for Ching Cheong was extended for one month," an official told the Straits Times.
So far, all requests from Singapore Press Holdings, the owner of the Straits Times, for a lawyer to meet with Ching have been turned down by Beijing, the paper said.
