Chinese police parade a group of 15 convicted criminals to be sentenced in public, most of which are likely to face the death penalty, on November 15, 2004 in Xian, China. (Photo : Getty Images/China Photos)
China's state television has confirmed the death sentence handed to a Chinese man under the charge of Espionage by selling leaked classified information to an unidentified foreign spy organization.
The man has been identified as Huang Yu, who worked in Encryption Research Institute, a government department that handled state secrets in Sichuan province. However, he was dismissed from work at 2002 due to his poor performance.
In 2011, Huang was arrested over suspicions about his sudden unexplained wealth. After a series of investigation, it has been learned that Huang earned more than $700,000 by selling more than 150,000 leaked materials, including 90 top States secrets - ranging from the Communist Party to Military and China's financial issues, Daily Mail has learned.
According to local media, the 42-year-old Huang decided to sell all the confidential information to an unidentified foreign spy organization, as his way to seek vengeance for being sacked. Huang handed three electronic documents' containing military secrets to the mentioned foreign spy, for which he was paid $10,000 each and was promised a $5,000 monthly for more documents.
It was reported that the documents were obtained by him while working for his former employer. However, as Huang runs out of documents to offer, he targeted his wife and brother-in-law who also worked in a government department handling state secrets. Since then, he frequently traveled to Southeast Asia and Hong Kong under the guise of attending meetings.
Now, the recent state report reveals that Huang was sentenced to death over the matter, although no further details with reference to when or if the execution had happened. His wife named Tang was sentenced to five years in jail, while his brother-in-law was sentenced to three years behind bars on the charge of negligent disclosure of State secrets, China Daily reported.
The publication noted that this is just one of the numerous' cases involving the disclosure of State and Military secrets that have been reported in the past years. As of recently, China established 'April 15, 2016,' as the country's first National Security Education Day to raise public awareness of national security.
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