A Chinese citizen has been arrested in Norway on suspicion of aiding and abetting attempted grossly illegal intelligence activities. The person is believed to have attempted to collect satellite data.
The police have raided two addresses in the investigation, one on Andøya and one in the community of Otta. The Norwegian Security Service (PST) suspects that a Norwegian-registered company acted as a “cover for a Chinese state actor” that tried to collect satellite data.
Prosecutor Thomas Blom says the satellite data could be used to “damage fundamental Norwegian interests if it comes to the attention of a foreign state.”
“The prosecution has seized the satellite receiver in question and thus temporarily stopped plans to install and put it into operation,” Blom tells the newspaper VG.
