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A Chinese security ministry official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the US and passing on state secrets, Hong Kong media reports say.

The man, who was private secretary to a vice-minister in the security ministry, was arrested earlier this year, various press reports say.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declined to comment on the reports.

If confirmed, it would be the third major incident to hit China-US relations in the past few months.

It would also be the highest-level spy case involving China and the US to become public since 1985, when intelligence official Yu Qiangsheng defected to the US.

The official had been recruited by the CIA, local press and Reuters report.
'Pretty woman trap'

Hong Kong-based Oriental Daily quotes the monthly New Way as saying on 25 May that the official "fell into a pretty woman trap" set up by the CIA.

After the two were photographed in secret liaisons, he was blackmailed and agreed to supply secret information to the US, the reports say.

"The destruction has been massive," a source told Reuters.

The official was arrested between January and March on allegations that he had passed information to the US for several years on China's overseas espionage activities, Hong Kong press and Reuters report.

China's foreign ministry did not respond immediately to a request for comment faxed by Reuters on Friday.

China-US relations have been fraught with tension in recent months, following two high-profile cases.

In March, rising political star Bo Xilai was sacked as Communist party chief in the city of Chongqing, after his police chief fled to the US consulate in the city of Chengdu in neighbouring Sichuan province.

And earlier this month, blind activist Chen Guangcheng left for a new life in New York, after he caused a diplomatic crisis by escaping from house arrest and seeking refuge in the US embassy in Beijing.

It would put further pressure on China's security chief, Zhou Yongkang. Rumours were swirling about his possible downfall in the wake of Mr Bo's sacking, wrote the BBC's Beijing correspondent Damian Grammaticas at the time.

Most China-US spy cases involve industrial espionage. Last year, an Indian-born engineer was found guilty in the US state of Hawaii of selling military secrets to China to do with the B-2 bomber.

In 2003, a US woman who had been recruited to spy on China by the FBI was arrested along with her lover, a former FBI agent, but a judge later dismissed the charges against her.

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It would also be the highest-level spy case involving China and the US to become public since 1985, when intelligence official Yu Qiangsheng defected to the US.

Well, it is quite unbelieavable that the younger brother of this traitor has become the Committee Secretary of Shanghai. :coffee:

Yu Zhengsheng - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
That guy must be pro democracy activists and as usual CPC labelled him spy. usual practice in China
 
That guy must be pro democracy activists and as usual CPC labelled him spy. usual practice in China

even if he is pro democracy he should be well aware of the sickness of the indian democratic model which is a disgrace.

On topic:

The security bureau should tighten up its efforts on spies who are using democracy and free-press as fronts for their subverisive actions!
 
This person is just simply trying to figure out China's evil intentions... It's obvious he does not agree with the Communist regime.

If China does "send him to hell" it will only damage it's world opinion.
 
This person is just simply trying to figure out China's evil intentions... It's obvious he does not agree with the Communist regime.

If China does "send him to hell" it will only damage it's world opinion.

then the spy is landed on the wrong place for evil intentions: S/he should be on duty in usa, japan, india - evil intentions galore!
 
then the spy is landed on the wrong place for evil intentions: S/he should be on duty in usa, japan, india - evil intentions galore!

What makes you think we have Evil intentions?

Please explain
 
No doubt he'll be tried for treason and that's a death penalty for most countries.
 
and we still allow US NGOs to operate in china, and over 1000 of them are illegal.

Most US NGOs not registered|Politics|chinadaily.com.cn

there are thousands of illegal africans in guangzhou that jumped the vietnam border, if those people can jump into china illegally, just imagine the number of foreign spy agents living in china right now.

the chinese government is totally clueless, by not controlling the borders, anyone can enter and leave without any notice.
these NGOs are all western intelligence agencies, yet they are still allowed to operate in china.

illegal westerners have entered china with tourist and student visas.
china should have a nationwide crackdown of illegals, secure the borders with fences and surveillance, increase airport security.

im pretty sure the CIA and MI6 have used their agents in china and their NGOs to cause major disruptions to the leadership transition just like they did with the russia protests. they will bribe the poor to protest, then get the western media outlets to spin the protests just like they did in russia.

NGOs, western journalists in china, tourists, students and diplomats must be put under 24/7/365 surveillance and all their communications tapped(phones, internet) to monitor illegal and suspicious activity in china.

im suspicious that the bo xilai, chen guangcheng and now this case are all related to western interference in chinese internal affairs.

time to get tough with the west.
you give these scumbags an inch and they will take it a mile.
we got to nip it in the bud.
 
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