Michael Kovrig and Michael Kovrig, two Canadians, spied on China's state secrets: they secretly took photos of Chinese military equipment

Comprehensive global times reported on August 11 】, dandong city, liaoning province intermediate people's court in accordance with the law for Canadian accused Michael spa for overseas espionage and illegally providing state secret case of first instance, publicly identified, Michael spa for overseas espionage and illegally providing state secret sin, sentenced to 11 years, and the confiscation of personal property fifty thousand yuan, Deportation.

Michael Spafo took photos and videos of Chinese military equipment at various times while in China and illegally provided some of the photos to foreign nationals, the Global Times has learned from relevant authorities. The photos and videos are classified as state secrets. Michael Sparver was also a key intelligence associate of the other Canadian defendant, Michael Kovrig, and had long provided various information to Kovrig. Learned, Kang Mingkai from 2017 to 2018, in the form of forged identity, fictitious business reason to enter the territory of China, in places such as Beijing, Shanghai, jilin, through related parties to collect a large number of nonpublic for China's national security information, and write the analysis report, identified, Kang Mingkai collect information includes several confidential state secrets and intelligence. Michael Kovrig is accused of spying for foreign state secrets, intelligence crime case is still in the further trial.

Michael Kovic and Michael Spavor were in good health while in custody, authorities said. The detention center pays close attention to their health and arranges regular medical check-ups. Since their detention, relevant authorities have delivered relevant letters and books to Michael Kovic and Michael Spafo in accordance with laws and regulations, arranged consular visits by officials of the Canadian Embassy in China, and made consular visits via video during the COVID-19 outbreak. The legal rights enjoyed by Michael Kovic and Michael Spafo, including the right to correspondence and consular access, have been fully protected. Within the scope of the law, relevant authorities have given them humanitarian care in terms of diet and physical exercise, including arranging phone calls with overseas relatives.