They are often sentenced to long prison terms for political crimes such as endangering national security through undermining the unity of the country, subversion or unlawfully supplying State secrets to individuals outside the country.
他们往往因政治性质的罪行而被判处长期监禁，诸如破坏国家统一，危及国家安全、颠覆或非法向境外人士提供国家机密等罪名。