Wedding photographer reveals hundreds of photos of Chinese warships and military ports

According to the Global Times, in recent years, online recruitment and dating platforms as well as other social networking platforms have become a favorable environment for the infiltration of foreign hostile forces – Illustration: SCMP

China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate has launched four typical cases of endangering the country’s security, including the case of a wedding photographer who leaked hundreds of photos of warships and military ports. China.

April 18, page Global Times Reportedly a wedding photographer has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by a court in this country for endangering national security, after he was found to have provided 384 photos of warships and military ports. China to a person in a foreign country that he knows through the WeChat app.

This information was revealed by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China on April 17. However, the specific identity of this wedding photographer is unknown.

The above photos are related to elements of 3 top-secret state secrets and 2 top-secret state secrets. This photographer received more than 40,000 yuan ($6,280) for providing these photos.

In addition to serving 14 years in prison, he was also stripped of his political rights for 5 years. The aforementioned 40,000 yuan was also confiscated as evidence of charges of spying for foreign countries and illegally providing state secrets.

The above case was listed by the Supreme People’s Procuracy of China in the list of four typical cases of crimes endangering national security.

According to Global Timesin recent years, online dating and recruitment platforms as well as other social networking platforms have become favorable environments for the infiltration of foreign hostile forces.

Another case in point is a college student getting to know a foreigner using the name “Han” on a dating app. From March to July 2020, this student repeatedly went to military ports and military bases to take pictures and share them with Han via WeChat and other social media platforms.

This student was “rewarded” more than 10,000 yuan ($1,570) and a Casio watch and other gifts. The final male student was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

Another defendant, named Wu, was the operations commander of the aviation division and the operations manager at an airport. He was approached by agents of a spy organization. This person lured Wu to provide the itinerary of important figures in government agencies. Wu was sentenced to 13 years in prison.