Two Chinese men have been arrested in the Philippines for allegedly taking videos and photos of Philippine Coast Guard ships. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is expected to hold a press conference on Thursday, January 30, to provide more details about the arrests. This comes after a previous report revealed that a Chinese man working as an agent for China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) had been conducting espionage and influence operations in the Philippines.
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“We have seen the extensive operations that they are doing in the Philippines,” National Security Council spokesperson Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya said in a forum to discuss issues in the West Philippine Sea on Wednesday, January 29.that found that a Chinese man verified as an agent of China’s Ministry of State Security had conducted intelligence gathering and set up an espionage and influence network under the cover of being a reporter for a Shanghai-based publication.
The embassy also urged the Philippines “to base its judgment on facts, not to make presumption of guilt, stop airing groundless speculations about the so-called ‘Chinese spy case,’ handle relevant cases in accordance with the law, earnestly fulfill the obligations of the bilateral consular treaty and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in the Philippines.”
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