Trial Begins For Ex-hydro Employee Accused Of Espionage - Beritaja

A proceedings is scheduled to statesman coming for a erstwhile worker of Quebec’s energy inferior who is charged pinch economic espionage for the use of China.

Yuesheng Wang was charged successful November 2022 and was the first personification to beryllium charged pinch economic espionage under Canada’s Security of Information Act.

The RCMP’s nationalist information enforcement squad began investigating successful August 2022 aft they received a title from Hydro-Québec’s firm information branch.

Wang besides faces 3 charges nether the Criminal Code for fraudulent usage of a computer, fraudulently obtaining a waste and acquisition concealed and breach of trust.

In April 2024, Wang was arraigned connected caller charges of committing preparatory acts connected behalf of a overseas entity and informing that entity — the People’s Republic of China — of his intentions.

Wang antecedently told the tribunal the privileged accusation he is alleged to person sent was not concealed and was “open source.”

He besides told the tribunal it was important for him to stay successful Canada to clear his sanction and take sides his reputation.