China punishes citizens for sharing information on Xinjiang, top security body reveals, SCMP, Apr. 14, 2023.
Newly disclosed cases show Beijing uses anti-espionage laws against Chinese nationals who leak documents to overseas organisations
Article says NGOs and foreign forces used information to ‘forge lies’ about forced labour and coerced people to ‘slander and discredit’ China’s image
Beijing has used anti-espionage laws to punish Chinese nationals for providing overseas organisations with Xinjiang-related documents, some of which were used to fuel allegations of forced labour, according to cases made public on Friday.
Details of the cases were revealed in an article posted on the website of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, the Communist Party’s top security body responsible for overseeing all law enforcement agencies, national security and intelligence systems.
The six cases, meant to serve as warnings about offences that threaten national security, were made public a day before National Security Education Day on April 15.
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