Norway arrests Chinese man for spying, interior security service says

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Norway arrests Chinese man for spying, interior security service says

The suspect was arrested on Friday, just weeks after a Chinese woman was arrested suspected of spying on satellite data

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Agence France-PressePublished: 3:21am, 18 May 2026

Norway’s interior security service, PST, said on Sunday a Chinese man had been arrested in the country’s north for spying, just weeks after a Chinese woman was arrested suspected of spying on satellite data.

The suspect was arrested on Friday by the Nordland police district, Eirik Veum, PST’s media spokesman, told Agence France-Presse.

Veum said the man was suspected of “attempted illegal intelligence activities in Nordland”, but declined to provide further details on the nature of the activities.

On Sunday, a Norwegian court ordered that the suspect be remanded in custody for four weeks.

The man’s lawyer, Tor Haug, told news agency NTB that the man denied the offence.

Police prosecutor Thomas Blom of the Police Security Service in Norway speaks to the media after a Chinese woman accused of spying was remanded in custody, in Oslo, Norway on May 8. Photo: EPA

On May 7, PST announced that a Chinese woman, suspected of spying on Norwegian satellite data, had been arrested.AdvertisementSelect VoiceSelect Speed00:0000:001.00x