ST's Hong Kong correspondent arrested

BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) -

A Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper is under investigation in China for spying, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

"Ching (Cheong) admitted that in recent years he engaged in intelligence gathering activities on the mainland on instructions from foreign intelligence agencies and accepted huge amounts of spying fees," the ministry said in a statement.

We are awaiting more details...