韩国警方逮捕了两名中国籍男子，两人涉嫌在韩国军方和驻韩美军设施周边非法收集军事情报。[1]其中一名60多岁的男子A某于4月入住距全罗北道群山机场不足1公里的饭店，涉嫌使用软件定义无线电接收器窃听战斗机与塔台通讯。[1]第二名45岁的朝鲜族男子B某自2021年11月至今年5月间，涉嫌通过贿赂驻韩美军韩福瑞斯营区的工作人员获取军事资料。[1]两名嫌疑人均曾在中国人民解放军服役。[1]
B某获取的非法军事资料包括韩美联合军演"乙支自由护盾"的相关信息、韩军人事资料、军方指挥部职务信息及照片等。[1]A某在接受警方讯问时声称"窃听飞机通讯是我的爱好"。[1]
根据韩国法律，一般利敌罪可处以无期徒刑或3年以上有期徒刑；违反通信秘密保护法规定将面临1年以上10年以下有期徒刑；违反军事基地法规定可处以3年以下有期徒刑或3000万韩元罚金。[1]
South Korean police have arrested two Chinese nationals on charges of illegally gathering military intelligence near South Korean military and U.S. Forces Korea facilities.[1] The suspects, a man in his 60s identified as A and a 45-year-old Korean-Chinese man identified as B, both former servicemen in the People's Liberation Army, are accused of separate operations to obtain sensitive defense information.[1]
The first suspect, A, allegedly checked into a hotel less than one kilometer from Gunsan Airport in North Jeolla Province in April and used a software-defined radio (SDR) receiver to intercept communications between fighter jets and air traffic control towers.[1] The second suspect, B, is accused of bribing employees at Camp Humphreys, a U.S. military base in South Korea, between November 2021 and May of this year to obtain military materials.[1] The stolen information included details on the joint Korean-U.S. military exercise "Ulchi Freedom Shield," South Korean military personnel records, military command positions, and photographs.[1]
When questioned by police, suspect A claimed that "intercepting aircraft communications is my hobby."[1] South Korean law provides severe penalties for such offenses, with treason charges carrying potential sentences of life imprisonment or a minimum of three years, violations of the Communications Secrets Protection Act carry sentences of one to ten years, and violations of the Military Bases Act carry up to three years imprisonment or fines of up to 30 million won.[1]