The Chinese who secretly filmed the carrier...It's hard to apply the current spy law. [Anchor Report]

2024.11.14. AM 09:21
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A few days ago, a Chinese man was caught filming the NIS building without permission with a drone.

Earlier in Busan, it was known that Chinese people who are international students filmed our military facilities hundreds of times.

However, under the current law, they are not subject to the application of the Espionage Act.

Let's look at it for some reason.

Last June, the Busan police arrested three Chinese international students.

It was suspected of flying a drone from a hill and filming a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier for more than five minutes.

According to the investigation, more than 500 pieces of data that have been filming related military facilities since three years ago have been stored.

Following the possibility of planning security facility filming in advance, rumors of a connection with the Chinese government emerged.
At the time of
, the Chinese Embassy in Korea warned its citizens to "observe Korea's drone-related regulations."

First of all, the investigation is underway.

However, even if the charges against these suspects are proven, it is difficult to punish them under the current spy law.

Currently, the spy law only targets the act of "enemy" as punishment, because North Korea is the only "enemy" in the case law.

In August, military personnel from the ROK Armed Forces Intelligence Command revealed confidential information about military intelligence personnel
Caught leaking to a Chinese
,
Controversy was sparked more actively when it became known that the spy law was not applicable even at this time
.

For this reason, a revision is being made to expand the scope of application by changing the 'enemy country' specified in the law to 'foreign country'.

Yesterday, for the first time ever, the Judiciary Committee crossed the threshold,
We are interested in whether we can cruise to the final gateway of
, the plenary session.



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