China confirmed Tuesday that it has detained a Korean citizen on suspicion of violating the country's anti-espionage law, marking the first case where a Korean national has been arrested in China since the revised law took effect last year.
"A South Korean national was arrested by Chinese authorities on charges of espionage," Lin Jian, a spokesperson at China's Foreign Ministry, told a press briefing, without disclosing other details.
He said China has notified the Korean Embassy in Beijing of the incident in a bid to help it provide necessary consular assistance.
"As a law-governing country, China has detected illegal activity in accordance with the law while guaranteeing the person's legitimate rights," he said.
The 50-something person, living in Hefei, in China's eastern province of Anhui, was arrested late last year on charges of violating the anti-espionage law, according to diplomatic sources.
The person was suspected of leaking semiconductor-related information to Korea as the individual was working at a chipmaker in China.
It marked the first time that a Korean national was arrested in China on suspicion of violating the anti-espionage law.
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