Chinese Nationals Charged With Spying on US Navy Base
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Two Chinese Nationals are facing charges in connection to spying on the United States Navy and members of the Navy on behalf of the Ministry of State Security (MSS) for the People's Republic of China's government, a report from Fox News said Tuesday.
Newsweek has reached out to the Department of Justice for confirmation and comment through the department's media contact website.
The men, Yuance Chen, of Happy Valley, Oregon, and Liren Lai, who was staying in Houston on a tourist via, were both arrested for their part in the intelligence scheme, the report said.
They also are accused of recruiting military members in their efforts to obtain intelligence.
The report said the men facilitated a "dead drop" cash payment for the MSS.
"The individuals charged were acting on behalf of a hostile foreign intelligence service — part of the Chinese Communist Party's broader effort to infiltrate and undermine our institutions," FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital, adding, "Thanks to outstanding coordination with our partners, including NCIS, we disrupted those efforts and sent a clear message: the United States will not tolerate espionage on American soil. Our counterintelligence operations remain focused, vigilant, and relentless."
This is a breaking news story. Updates to come.
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