CCTV.com News: According to the WeChat official account of the Ministry of State Security, recently, the state security organs have cracked a case of entrusting overseas spy intelligence agencies in China to entice retirees in key positions to recruit retirees in our core positions by means of emotional enlistment, money purchase, contract packaging, project cooperation, etc., and collect cases of stealing our state secrets.

Consultation with ulterior motives

In order to obtain the development of a key industry in my country, overseas spy intelligence agencies commissioned an investigation and consulting company in China to find "professional consultants" in the industry in my country, and listed Feng, a retired person in the core key department of the industry, as the key target to win over. Subsequently, the staff of the investigation and consulting company frequently contacted Feng, taking advantage of his relaxed confidentiality awareness after retirement and the convenience of close contact with the current employees of the original unit, he promised a high "consultation remuneration" and tried his best to pull him out, hoping that Feng would provide core confidential information in this field. After Feng agreed to provide consultation, the investigation and consulting company signed a contract with him, disguising the search and stealing of secrets as a business consulting activity, in an attempt to evade legal sanctions.

Cooperation with hidden evil intentions

After the contract was signed, Feng also developed his resigned former subordinate Jiang into a downline. Under the guise of promoting project operations, he widely used the personal resources accumulated by the two in the industry to collect and spy on the overall planning, deployment considerations, project progress and other situations in the early stage of the construction of related core key projects. Then, based on their professional background, they regularly compiled so-called consulting reports, and after encryption processing, they provided them to the investigation and consulting company, and then translated and compiled and sent them to overseas spy intelligence agencies. The two used this to collect huge financial rewards.

The ending of being imprisoned

After careful investigation, the state security organs fixed the criminal evidence of Feng and Jiang and solved the case in a timely manner. Later, after being appraised by the state confidentiality administrative department, the information provided by Feng and Jiang to overseas included several confidential state secrets and intelligence, which seriously damaged national security and interests. In the end, the People's Court sentenced Feng to six years in prison, deprived of political rights for two years, and confiscated his personal property of RMB 500,000 in accordance with the law for the crime of illegally providing state secrets abroad; and sentenced Jiang to five years and six months in prison, deprived of political rights for two years, and confiscated his personal property of RMB 500,000 in accordance with the law for the crime of spying and illegally providing state secrets abroad.

Tips from the National Security Organs

Article 7 of the Counter-Espionage Law of the People's Republic of China clearly stipulates that citizens of the People's Republic of China have the obligation to safeguard the security, honor and interests of the country and shall not engage in acts that endanger the security, honor and interests of the country.

Article 46 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Conserving State Secrets clearly stipulates that confidential personnel who leave their posts shall comply with the national confidentiality regulations. Organs and units shall carry out confidentiality education reminders, clear out state secret carriers, and implement decryption period management. During the decryption period, confidential personnel shall not seek employment or leave the country in violation of regulations, and shall not disclose state secrets in any way; after the decryption period is over, they shall abide by the national confidentiality regulations and continue to fulfill their confidentiality obligations for known state secrets.

After leaving the job, confidential personnel must always clarify the bottom line and red line, and always keep the string of safeguarding national security tight. They cannot relax their confidentiality requirements on their own under the pretext of leaving the job, and cannot disclose state secrets in any way, and they cannot act as an accomplice of overseas institutions in carrying out intelligence infiltration and stealing secrets on me. If you require the collection and delivery of confidential sensitive information under the name of "consultation" and "project cooperation", you can report directly to the local national security organ through the 12339 national security organ reporting acceptance telephone number, the online reporting platform (www.12339.gov.cn), the WeChat official account of the Ministry of Security, or directly report to the local national security organ.