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| Chinese spy caught in ‘rare' sting after ‘plot to steal US trade secrets' |
| 2018-10-11 |
| [South China Morning Post] US agents have arrested a top Beijing intelligence official for allegedly attempting to steal trade secrets from GE Aviation and other US aerospace companies after luring the suspect to Belgium in what the US Justice Department called “an unprecedented extradition”. Xu Yanjun, who also uses the names Qu Hui and Zhang Hui, was extradited to the US on Tuesday with assistance from Belgian authorities for seeking “to steal trade secrets and other sensitive information from an American company that leads the way in aerospace”, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers said in a Justice Department announcement on Wednesday. Xu, a senior officer with China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), appeared in federal court in Cincinnati on Wednesday, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. He could be given a prison sentence of up to 25 years in addition to fines if charged and convicted, the Justice Department said. |
| Posted by:Bangkok Billy |
| #1 Why would the Chinese even need to? American companies hire 50,000 Chinese |
| Posted by: Thaviter Gleash6830 2018-10-11 10:33 |