For more news and videos visit ➡ ‪http://english.ntdtv.com‬<br />Follow us on Twitter ➡ ‪http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision‬<br />Add us on Facebook ➡ ‪http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C<br /><br />Japanese media report that a Chinese diplomat is being investigated for espionage. Today, Kyodo news agency and Mainichi Shinbum carried reports.<br /><br />A Chinese diplomat is being investigated by Japanese police under suspicion of espionage, Japanese media reported today.<br /><br />Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Jin Matsubara answered a reporter's question by saying he would not speak on this specific case. Instead, he made a comment on the seriousness of espionage.<br /><br />[Jin Matsubara, Chairman of National Public Safety Commission]:<br />"As a general rule, the police treat Chinese espionage against Japan as a very serious matter. We will implement tough regulations against both unlawful activities and those working in intelligence collection and analysis."<br /><br />News agency Kyodo reported that officers made a request to interview the diplomat, who is a first secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, earlier this month, but the request was denied. The diplomat left Japan afterward.<br /><br />Mainichi Shinbum, a daily newspaper, said that the 45-year-old Chinese official was suspected of using fake registration documents to set up a bank account. That account was used to funnel commercial transactions to the the value of several million yen.<br /><br />Kyodo also reported that the diplomat was formerly an intelligence officer of the Chinese army.
