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France investigates four suspected of spying for China via satellite dish

Satellite dishes on a roof in Lille, northern France, on 4 January 2006. © PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP

French authorities have placed four people, including two Chinese nationals, under formal investigation for allegedly trying to intercept satellite communications from a base at ⁠a rental property in south-western France.

French authorities on Thursday charged four people, including two Chinese nationals, on suspicion of having intercepted sensitive military data for Beijing, the Paris prosecutor's office said.

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