Czech police charge first suspect under new foreign spying law

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A Chinese journalist suspected of spying for the Chinese secret services has also interviewed leading Slovak politicians, including MEP Ľuboš Blaha (Smer) and Parliament Speaker Richard Raši (Hlas). The man, identified as Jang I-min, a longtime Prague correspondent for the state-run Guangming Daily, was detained by Czech police in Prague and charged with acting illegally for a foreign power.

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Czech authorities have reported this Thursday that a citizen has been arrested and charged...

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Yang Yi-ming worked as a journalist, allegedly collecting information from politicians.

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A Prague correspondent for a Chinese party newspaper, who was accused by police of espionage and also obtained compromising information on politicians, was followed by security forces for months and has now been detained because he threatened to leave for China.

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Czech police said on Thursday (January 22) that they had detained a person suspected of cooperating with Chinese intelligence agencies, but provided no further details. Local media reported that the person was a resident reporter for the Guangming Daily.

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The government of ANO, SPD and Motorists is counting on abolishing the criminal offence of unauthorized activity for a foreign power due to professional reservations, Minister of Justice Jeroným Tejc (for ANO) told ČTK on Thursday. Acting in favor of a foreign power will then be punishable as before, for example as espionage or endangering classified...