Falun Gong Member Faces Sentencing

China will sentence a U.S.-based Falun Gong member on charges of “spying for a foreign organization” this week, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said. Teng Chunyan, 37, was arrested in March after gathering information on China’s persecution of members of the banned spiritual movement, the center said, adding that she could be sentenced to 10 years or more. Meanwhile, United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson and China signed an agreement that she said will address the labor camps to which Beijing consigns people it considers a threat to Communist rule.