Chinese man arrested in Norway for suspected espionage

The Independent: Norway has arrested a Chinese citizen on suspicion of attempted espionage, in the second such case this month.

The man was suspected of “attempted illegal intelligence activities in Nordland”, Eirik Veum, a media spokesman for the interior security service PST, said.

…In the earlier case, according to PST prosecutor Thomas Blom, a woman was accused of using a company registered in Norway “as a cover for an attempt by a Chinese state actor to establish a receiving station to download data from satellites in the polar orbit”…

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