A Chinese researcher arrested on suspicion of leaking research data on a cutting-edge technology to a Chinese company allegedly used his Japanese workplace email to contact the firm on several occasions, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The Public Security Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating whether other data may have been leaked, too.
Quan Hengdao, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, participated in research into a fluorine compound synthesis technology. According to a statement issued by the MPD, Quan in April 2018 sent an email to the Chinese company containing research data and is suspected of leaking information tantamount to AIST's trade secrets.
