A former engineer at a Taiwanese research institute was given a death sentence for selling classified information to foreign intelligence agencies, according to Chinese officials.
According to an article published on Wednesday by China’s Ministry of State Security, the scholar, identified by his nickname Liu, came up with a” properly designed” plan to sell knowledge to foreign firms after he left the university.
Liu’s previous employer and the alleged international investors were not named by the government.
China’s people are being co-opted by foreign companies to serve as informants, according to the news, which comes as a result of more frequent warnings from the country.
In Wednesday’s post, the government stated that “desperadoes who want to take shortcuts to god will all experience consequences.”
Before leaving, Liu saved a significant number of classified material, which he claimed was being badly treated at the institute, with the intention of using it for retaliation and blackmail, according to the ministry.
He then left an investment firm and went into debt after failing to pay back his debt, so he approached a foreign detective agency, which paid him “very small” for the material he had.
The government added that this organization eventually stopped speaking with Liu and that he attempted to sell the information overseas.
He” seriously leaked our country’s secrets in a half-year” according to the content, which reads “in the content.”
Liu, who made a confession after being detained, is denied lifelong political freedom.
Beijing has become more afraid of spy and warned that its people are being tapped by international spy agencies to smuggle Chinese state secrets.
After his USB function flash drive was reportedly seized by foreign scouts and he allegedly became their “puppet,” a previous employee at a Chinese state company was given the death sentence in November, according to Chinese officials.
In February last year, Australian writer Yang Hengjun, known for blogging about human rights issues in China, was handed a suspended death sentence on espionage charges. That sentence was upheld, and Yang remains behind bars in China, despite Australian leaders calling for his release.
Governments around the world are also concerned about Chinese control and penetration activities, many of which have recently increased the arrests of Chinese citizens on espionage charges.