EU criticism amounts to interference

A Foreign Ministry spokesman has dismissed the European Union's (EU) criticisms over the execution of a man found guilty of spying for Taiwan, and said he was sentenced after a "just and fair" trial.

Wo Weihan, a 59-year-old medical scientist, was executed on Friday for passing information on the mainland's missile guidance systems to a group linked to intelligence agencies in Taiwan.

The EU has issued a statement, condemning the execution and saying that China had ignored repeated calls by the EU and several of its member states to defer it.