CHINA-FRANCE: CHINESE ESPIONAGE EFFORTS IN FRANCE
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Two ex-DGSE officers are suspected of "extremely serious" treason on behalf of a foreign power according to a French media report of May 25, 2018 quoting the French Defence Ministry. Sources quoted by French media link them to China. French officials did not name the country concerned. One ex-agent's wife is also under suspicion. The suspects were charged in December, but this has only now come to light. French TV news magazine Quotidien says that France's domestic security agency, the DGSI, is questioning the retired DGSE suspects. At least one of the suspects was working for the DGSE in Beijing when the alleged spying was discovered.
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