{
  "id": 17332820,
  "title": "Chinese men jailed for recruiting US military personnel to spy for Beijing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/chinese-men-jailed-for-recruiting-us-military-personnel-to-spy-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T03:23:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2026/10/31/chinese-men-jailed-for-recruiting-us-military-personnel-to-spy-for-beijing/241382"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two Chinese men, Liren Lai and Yuance Chen, were sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for attempting to recruit US military personnel to spy for Beijing, according to US prosecutors. The pair pleaded guilty to cooperating with China’s Ministry of State Security and carrying out clandestine intelligence activities within the United States. They allegedly recruited intelligence assets from within the US military and gathered information about US military personnel and installations. Lai initially served as an intermediary between Chen and intelligence officers, passing information to them through \"dead drop\" cash payments. The US Attorney for the Northern District of California stated that the sentencing was a warning against jeopardizing the safety and security of US service members and citizens. The men were arrested in June 2025 for their alleged activities that began as early as May 2021.",
  "summary": "LOS ANGELES, Oct 31 — Two Chinese men who admitted trying to recruit US military service members to spy for Beijin...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}