He was baptized at a Latter-day Saints church and told the undercover agent he'd “been going to Utah more often lately” before his arrest, according to his Facebook page and court records.
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Ji then told Xu and his MSS colleagues that he had successfully infiltrated the military, and would be able to provide information.
Xu Yanjun, Chinese spy who targeted GE Aviation, gets 20 years in prison
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