A Chinese national has been arrested by the Philippine equivalent of the FBI on suspicion of spying after allegedly being found with an electronic eavesdropping device in the trunk of his car.
The man, identified as 47-year-old Lao Tak-Hoi, was allegedly in a gray Mitsubishi Adventure parked outside the Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) headquarters in Intramuros, Manila, when he was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on April 29.
The incident follows a recent Senate inquiry that warned of efforts by China to influence democratic processes in the Philippines amid the Chinese communist regime’s aggressive island-grabbing in the disputed South China Sea. The Philippines is scheduled to vote on May 12 in its midterm elections….
Chinese National Arrested Near Philippine Election Commission With Alleged Spy Device
