South Korea arrests two ex-Chinese military men for alleged spying near US air base
Police say the pair intercepted fighter jet communications and tracked US armaments near a joint South Korea-US air base.
What to know
- Two former Chinese military servicemembers were arrested in South Korea on espionage charges.
- Alleged activities include intercepting fighter jet–ground control communications and tracking US armament movements.
- One suspect reportedly used a hotel near a joint South Korea-US air base as a base for radio interception equipment.
“one of the suspects, a Chinese national in his 60s, set up an interception device consisting of an software-defined radio receiver, an antenna and a laptop at a hotel near an air base jointly used by South Korean and US air forces”
South Korean police, Police statement via AP · AP via Feedx ↗ · Aug 10
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