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FILE PHOTO: The US Department of Justice building is bathed in morning light at sunrise in Washington, USA, February 14, 2020. REUTERS / Mary F. Calvert / File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Singaporean man who created a bogus consulting site to request information from the US government and military …
Read More »Singaporean pleads guilty in the United States to acting as a Chinese intelligence agent: Justice Department
FILE PHOTO: The US Department of Justice building is bathed in morning light at sunrise in Washington, USA, February 14, 2020. REUTERS / Mary F. Calvert / File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Singaporean man who created a bogus consulting site to request information from the US government and military …
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