China Alleges Discovering Another Spying Case in the United States
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The top spy agency in China reported that on Sunday, a Chinese national working for a defense institution had been discovered spying for the United States, and the case has been handed over to a court in the city of Chengdu for further trials and inspections.
This is the newest case to reinforce Beijing’s increased attentiveness towards national security; due to this, there has been a growth in anti-spying laws and a clampdown on internal corruption.
During a television report, CCTV, a Chinese state broadcaster, stated that a man with the last name Hou, who was employed at a hidden defense institute, went as a visiting scholar to a university in the United States in 2013, where he was then pressured to disclose the state secrets of China.
On Sunday, a report posted on the WeChat social media account of the Ministry of State Security of China stated that “espionage activities go hand in hand with deception, temptation, and conspiracy.”
The university attended by the alleged spy remained unnamed in both the statement and the report.
CCTV reported that a U.S. professor who was closely associated with Hou had put him in contact with someone who asserted that he was employed at a consulting company but was an American “intelligence officer” who was using the company as an alias.
In the following months as they became more acquainted with each other, the American intelligence officer offered Hou the position of a consulting expert at “his company,” luring him with a payment of $600-$700 every time for his service.
Fast forward a few months, at the time that Hou’s family visited the U.S., the intelligence officer disclosed his identity and suggested that they modify their partnership. Being scared for his family’s lives, Hou readily agreed to the deal, as reported by CCTV.
According to the deal, over the course of various meetings, Hou would be urged to reveal highly classified secrets in what were hour-long meetings, and at the end of these “meetings,” he would be awarded $1000 as his compensation, the report stated.
The arrangement carried on even after Hou had arrived back in China in 2014. CCTV reported that these meetings with U.S. intelligence would occur at the international conferences that Hou attended. The report further added that he disclosed sensitive intelligence of national defense and the military industry on his own without any coercion.
Hou was arrested in July 2021 after being investigated by the Chinese government and indicted on the charges of espionage.
Recently, the spy agency of China issued a report concerning new information regarding a U.S. passport holder who was sentenced to life in prison early this year on the charges of espionage.
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