The state security organs once made public a case of espionage, in which Huang Juan, a staff member and deputy senior engineer of a provincial organ in Yunnan Province, lost her bottom line and principles under the double temptation of emotion and money, and not only was she co-opted by personnel of foreign espionage and intelligence agencies, but also dragged her husband Li Hongwei into the water, and finally both husband and wife were convicted of espionage and imprisoned.
Huang Juan and her husband Li Hongwei
Thoughtful design, unexpected "encounters"
One day, Huang Juan received an admission notice from a well-known overseas university for a master's degree, and embarked on a study journey in a foreign country alone with a vision for a better future. At the same time, Xu, a foreign spy, learned about Huang Juan's occupation and domestic work unit through her study information, and mastered her family situation. During Huang Juan's study abroad, Xu disguised himself as a personable and gentle "Mr. Perfect", claiming that he was a scholar who did overseas investment policy research, hoping to obtain some mainland economic and policy documents as a reference, and he could also pay a certain amount of remuneration. Huang Juan thought that she could help her friends and make some extra money, so she collected some information to take out of the country to Xu when she returned to China to visit relatives.
Sudden car accident and complete fall of the "assist"
Unexpectedly, Huang Juan suffered a car accident on the way back, resulting in a fracture of her left arm and stubbornness, and the stubborn Huang Juan insisted on continuing her studies. At this time, Xu increased his affection for her, was 100 times more attentive every day, arranged a nanny to take care of the whole process, and personally accompanied Huang Juan for rehabilitation physiotherapy. Under Xu's care and a series of money temptations and feelings, Huang Juan fell into the "gentle trap" and accepted this "lover" in a foreign country.
During the exchange, Xu learned that Huang Juan's husband Li Hongwei was serving as the deputy county magistrate in a county in Yunnan, so he asked Huang Juan whether he would also ask her husband to help collect some internal documents that he had come into contact with at work. At this time, although Huang Juan already had doubts about Xu's true identity, she had completely fallen emotionally, so she readily agreed.
A marriage that is difficult to maintain, an "excuse" for breaking the law and committing crimes
When Huang Juan returned to China to visit relatives, she told her husband, Li Hongwei, that she had met scholars studying Chinese policy abroad and needed some internal materials for reference. In order to maintain the originally poor relationship between husband and wife, although Li Hongwei was suspicious, he did not refuse Huang Juan's request, but secretly copied the confidential documents and materials he came into contact with in his future work and handed them to Huang Juan, who then carried these materials out of the country through luggage consignment and sold them to personnel of foreign espionage and intelligence agencies. As the information Xu needed became more and more confidential, Li Hongwei was well aware of his identity as a foreign spy, but he still turned a blind eye to collecting information to maintain the fragile relationship between husband and wife.
The coercion of money and emotion, the "tacit understanding" of division of labor and cooperation
On the eve of Huang Juan's graduation, Xu disclosed to her that he was a staff member of a foreign espionage and intelligence agency, and specially trained her as a spy, and equipped her with a camera and camouflage encryption software. At the same time, Xu clearly gave Huang Juan the task of collecting confidential red-headed documents. Under the temptation of money and affection, the couple brought home the confidential documents they came into contact with at work without authorization. Li Hongwei was responsible for taking pictures of the classified documents, and Huang Juan was responsible for copying the photos into a USB flash drive after camouflaging them, and waiting for the opportunity to leave the country to hand over to the personnel of foreign espionage and intelligence agencies.
Case Exhibits
An unforgivable crime, an inescapable "net of justice"
The legal net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky. In April 2019, state security organs took criminal coercive measures against Huang Juan and Li Hongwei in accordance with the law; In May 2020, Huang Juan was sentenced to 10 years in prison and deprived of political rights for 10 years for espionage; Li Hongwei was sentenced to three years in prison and deprived of political rights for three years for espionage. In this case, Huang Juan and Li Hongwei collected intelligence for foreign espionage and intelligence agencies in disregard of national laws and regulations in order to seek personal gain. Huang Juan and her husband Li Hongwei were lucky, missed the opportunity to be lenient and commuted, and went further and further on the road of breaking the law and committing crimes, causing irreparable losses to national security, and were finally severely punished by the law.
Reminder from the state security organs
In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the mainland's comprehensive national strength, the situation in the anti-espionage struggle has become increasingly intense. Personnel involved in secrets in core positions such as party, government, and military organs, military enterprises, and scientific research institutes, as well as teachers and students of colleges and universities, are the key targets of foreign espionage and intelligence organs in carrying out intelligence collection, infiltration, and stealing secrets. They have tried in every possible way to win over cadres of government organs, scientific research personnel, personnel going abroad, and even overseas Chinese through various means such as emotional co-optation, corruption and corruption, bribery with money, and providing assistance, thus posing a serious threat to the security of mainland countries. The broad masses of the people must keep their eyes open, heighten their vigilance, enhance their awareness and literacy of national security, and build a great wall of steel to safeguard national security.
The "Counter-espionage Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that activities endangering the national security of the People's Republic of China are carried out by espionage organizations and their agents, or by instigating or funding others, or carried out by domestic and foreign institutions, organizations, or individuals in collusion with them.
The "Counter-espionage Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that those who carry out espionage acts and voluntarily surrender or make meritorious contributions, may be given a mitigated, commuted, or waived punishment; Those who have made major meritorious contributions are to be rewarded. Those who are coerced or tricked into participating in espionage organizations or hostile organizations outside the territory of the People's Republic of China, or engage in activities that endanger the national security of the People's Republic of China, and promptly truthfully explain the circumstances to the People's Republic of China's institutions stationed abroad, or promptly and truthfully explain the circumstances to the state security organs directly or through their units after entering the country, and show repentance, may not be pursued.
Ministry of State Security