Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree committed Monday “to get to the underside” of the arrest of a Canadian in Europe on spying charges.
The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said Saturday that “a Canadian national of Chinese origin” had been arrested on charges of espionage and participation in a criminal organization.
The suspect, who was not named within the office’s statement, worked as an intern at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium.
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The prosecutor’s office said she got here to the eye of SHAPE’s security services, who reported the matter to Belgium’s military intelligence agency.
Speaking at an event Monday in Recent Westminster, B.C., Anandasangaree said he didn’t want to invest on the case.
“What I’ll say is that the allegations that … have been made are quite serious,” he said Monday.
Officials will look into whether the suspect has done any work for agencies in Canada, Anandasangaree added.
“But ultimately, we want to resolve this, and we want to be sure that most of these incidents don’t occur in the longer term.”
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