Unraveling China's Espionage: The Kevin Garratt Case

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China’s security authorities charged two foreign nationals in January this year for their alleged involvement in anti-Chinese government activities that includes spying and stealing military secrets, and setting up illegal organization endangering China's national security.
Canadian National Indicted for Spying China's State Secrets
In the first case, Kevin Garratt, a Canadian national, was indicted on January 28 for his alleged involvement in spying and stealing China's state secrets, especially information related to military installations near the Dandong city located in northeast China's Liaoning Province.,
"The Canadian citizen Kevin Garratt, suspected of spying and stealing Chinese state secrets, has been indicted," Hua Chunying, China’s foreign …show more content…

But China denied these claims by saying that case has no religious motivations.
"He was indicted because of spying and stealing Chinese state secrets, it has nothing to do with his religion," Hua said.
Kevin Garratt, will face the legal proceedings under China’s criminal laws in Dandong Intermediate People's Court.
Expulsion of Swedish national for anti-China campaigns
In the second case, a Swedish national named Peter Jesper Dahlin was expelled from China on January 27 for his alleged involvement in endangering China’s national security through anti-state activities such as running, funding and training the staff of an organization alleged for staging anti-China protests in 2014.
Dahlin, 35-year-old, was arrested at the Beijing airport on January 3 before flying to Thailand.
Police after investigation said two staff members of a foreign funded NGO named "China emergency rights aid group" were working on the mission given to them by western anti-China forces “for organizing smear campaigns, fanning anti-government and anti-Party sentiment, and deceiving people to disrupt state and social order, thus, changing the social system of

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