officer was charged with giving classified information to the Chinese government, the Justice Department announced on Monday, the latest in a string of former intelligence officers accused of spying for Beijing. officer in the 1980s and then as a contract translator for the F.B.I. The accusations against Mr. Ma are the most recent in a series against former intelligence officers. officer, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for spying for China. In November, Jerry Chun Shing Lee was sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to give classified information to China.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2020 22:41 UTC