15/06/2018 13:45:27CET
STOCKHOLM, 15 Jun. (Reuters/EP)
Swedish Justice condemns a man for spying on Tibetans and informing China
A Swedish court has sentenced a man to one year and ten months in prison who was accused of spying on Tibetan refugees and passing the information collected to an agent in the service of the Chinese authorities.. The accused, of whom it has only emerged that he has a Tibetan mother and came to Sweden as a refugee from Nepal, collected information about the houses, the family situation, political activities and meetings of people residing in the Nordic country. "Aunque la información pueda parecer trivial, podría haber causado un daño considerable a los tibetanos tanto en Suecia como en otros países", the judge in charge of the case explained in a statement. The accused traveled to Poland on several occasions to meet with a Chinese agent, within the framework of works that, according to the judge, They are part of a broader operation to spy on Tibetans living in Sweden. The Tibetan Community in Sweden estimates 140 people the size of this group in the Nordic country.
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