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Japanese media report that a Chinese diplomat is being investigated for espionage. Today, Kyodo news agency and Mainichi Shinbum carried reports.
A Chinese diplomat is being investigated by Japanese police under suspicion of espionage, Japanese media reported today.
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Jin Matsubara answered a reporter's question by saying he would not speak on this specific case. Instead, he made a comment on the seriousness of espionage.
[Jin Matsubara, Chairman of National Public Safety Commission]:
"As a general rule, the police treat Chinese espionage against Japan as a very serious matter. We will implement tough regulations against both unlawful activities and those working in intelligence collection and analysis."
News agency Kyodo reported that officers made a request to interview the diplomat, who is a first secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, earlier this month, but the request was denied. The diplomat left Japan afterward.
Mainichi Shinbum, a daily newspaper, said that the 45-year-old Chinese official was suspected of using fake registration documents to set up a bank account. That account was used to funnel commercial transactions to the the value of several million yen.
Kyodo also reported that the diplomat was formerly an intelligence officer of the Chinese army.
