Category: Hydro-Quebec

Bail Granted to Former Hydro-Québec Employee Charged With Sending Trade Secrets to China

A former Hydro-Québec employee who is facing charges related to sending trade secrets to China has been granted bail. Yuesheng Wang, 35, is the first person to be charged with economic espionage under Canada’s Security of Information Act, an RCMP spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Nov. 15, when Wang made his first court appearance. As conditions of his release,…


Support for Alleged Chinese Spy Working at Hydro-Québec Shows Need for a Foreign Registry: Senator

An obscure group supporting the alleged Chinese spy working at Hydro-Québec showed the need for a foreign registry, said Sen. Leo Housakos. On Nov. 15, Yuesheng Wang made a first court appearance after he was arrested by the RCMP a day earlier for allegedly sending trade secrets to China, which police said was “to the detriment of…


Bail Hearing Set for Former Hydro-Québec Employee Charged With Sending Trade Secrets to China

A Quebec court will decide later this month whether to grant bail to a former Hydro-Québec employee who is charged with allegedly sending trade secrets to China. Yuesheng Wang, 35, appeared via videoconference at the court in Longueuil, Quebec, on Nov. 18, after he was arrested and charged with four espionage-related offences, including obtaining trade secrets, fraud…


Hydro-Québec Employee Arrested on Charges of Spying for China Makes Court Appearance

A Hydro-Québec employee arrested for allegedly sending trade secrets to China appeared in court in Longueuil, Que., on Nov. 15. Yuesheng Wang, 35, made a first court appearance by videoconference after being arrested by RCMP on Nov. 14 for alleged espionage, which police said was “to the detriment of Canada’s economic interests.” The resident of Candiac, Que., is facing…


Hydro-Québec Employee Arrested for Allegedly Spying for China

A Hydro-Québec employee has been arrested for allegedly spying for China, the RCMP says. Yuesheng Wang, 35, of Candiac, Quebec, allegedly obtained trade secrets “to benefit the People’s Republic of China, to the detriment of Canada’s economic interests,” an RCMP spokesperson said in a press conference on Nov. 14. “This is the first time this charge has been…


Quebec Restores Some Government Websites Taken Down Due to Software Vulnerability

MONTREAL—Some Quebec government websites taken down Sunday due to a massive software vulnerability are back online. The websites of power utility Hydro-Quebec and the Health Department were restored today, while the education ministry and some university services remain unavailable. The Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi reported the temporary shutdown of its websites, leaving thousands of…