China’s Ministry of State Security discloses espionage case involving overseas individuals disguised as charity workers
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China’s Ministry of State Security on Tuesday revealed that a foreign organization sent operatives into remote southwestern regions in China disguised as mountaineers and charity workers, where they posed as providing medical aid to gain villagers’ trust and recruit guides to illegal investigate into local politics, economy, geographic resources, and social governance.Investigations found that an individual surnamed Xia from the overseas organization had received specialized training from an institution linked to a foreign defense ministry, covering emergency response, battlefield survival, cross-country swimming, and GPS mapping. Xia also maintained close ties with overseas investigative and consulting firms, focusing on China’s political trends, defense, military affairs, and territorial interests, according to an article released by the Ministry of State Security on its WeChat account.
Xia repeatedly instructed associates to use advanced surveying equipment to infiltrate areas near Chinese military zones, conduct illegal mapping, and transmit the data abroad in encrypted form. After a detailed investigation, China’s national security agencies gathered solid evidence of Xia’s unlawful activities and took action in accordance with the law, said the article.
The ministry noted that according to China’s Counter-Espionage Law, espionage activities carried out by foreign institutions, organizations, or individuals, or those they instigate or finance others to carry out, as well as espionage activities carried out in collusion between domestic institutions, organizations, or individuals and foreign counterparts, shall all be subject to legal liability. Espionage constituting a crime shall be subject to criminal prosecution in accordance with the law.
Also, China’s Law on the Protection of Military Installations strictly bans unauthorized personnel, vehicles, or vessels from entering land or water military restricted zones, and prohibits aircraft from flying at low altitudes over such areas.
It also forbids photographing, filming, recording, surveying, mapping, positioning, sketching, or otherwise documenting military restricted zones without approval from the relevant military authorities. Any disclosure of state secrets related to military facilities — or acts of stealing, probing, purchasing, or illegally providing such secrets to foreign entities or individuals — constitutes a crime and will be prosecuted under the law.
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