US journalist jailed for 2 years for working as a Chinese agent
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- South China Morning Postseen 2 Sept, 10:11description edited
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An American journalist who lived in Beijing, worked for Chinese state media and pleaded guilty to helping Beijing collect US intelligence was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal prison. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and barred from overseas travel during that period, according to the US Justice Department. He also used the alias Tom McGregor. His father, Thomas Pauken, chaired the Texas Republican Party in the 1990s and later ran...An American journalist who lived in Beijing, worked for Chinese state media and pleaded guilty to acting as an agent for Beijing was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal prison. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and barred from overseas travel during that period, according to the US Justice Department. He also used the alias Tom McGregor. His father, Thomas Pauken, chaired the Texas Republican Party in the 1990s and later ran for...
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Wed, 2 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post05:07first to reportedited after publishing
An American journalist who lived in Beijing, worked for Chinese state media and pleaded guilty to acting as an agent for Beijing was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal prison. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and barred from overseas travel during that period, according to the US Justice Department. He also used the alias Tom McGregor. His father, Thomas Pauken, chaired the Texas Republican Party in the 1990s and later ran for...
Thu, 3 September 2026
1 report- wcbm.com04:30
An American citizen has been sentenced to two years in prison for acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, an […]