China deports Houston businesswoman who was convicted of being US spy
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An American woman who was arrested while on a business trip in China and later convicted of spying has been deported to the United States.
Jeff Gillis says his wife, Phan "Sandy" Phan-Gillis, got on a flight to Los Angeles on Friday evening. The couple planned to stay in LA a few days to visit relatives before returning to their Houston home.
It was just Tuesday when Phan-Gillis was sentenced by Chinese authorities to 3 ½ years in prison. But the sentence was seen as an indication that she soon could be allowed to return home.
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She had faced an uncertain fate since March 2015, when she disappeared from her group traveling in southern China. She was later accused of espionage.
Phan-Gillis is a U.S. citizen of Chinese descent.
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