The NBI said a Chinese national and two Filipinos were arrested due to alleged espionage.

MANILA — The wife of the Chinese national arrested this month for supposedly possessing espionage equipment decried Monday the Philippine authorities' tagging of her husband as a "Chinese spy."

Chinese national, 2 Filipino 'cohorts' arrested for alleged espionage

Last week, the Philippine military and law enforcers presented a Chinese national and his 2 Filipino "cohorts" suspected of conducting espionage activities in the country. Some "high-precision topographic mapping" were found in their vehicle during the arrest. 

But the wife denied the allegations and sought the help of Filipino-Chinese community leader Teresita Ang See to question the arrest.

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The wife spoke to ABS-CBN News to detail her family's ordeal following the arrest of her husband.

"Nagkakasakit na 'yung anak niya. Ako masama din pakiramdam ko sa sobrang stress na ganito 'yung nangyari. Ang gusto lang namin mabigyan lang ng hustisya 'yung pangyayari. Palabasin siya at makausap po kami ng pamilya niya sa China," she said.

She denied the National Bureau of Investigation's findings that her husband was a graduate of a university linked to the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

"Wala po kaming kaalalam-alam. Mali po 'yung balita na nag-aano sya sa [Chinese] army," she said.

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See said the Philippine authorities also denied the wife access to her arrested husband.

The NBI and the Armed Forces of the Philippines earlier said the Chinese man was possibly linked to a suspected operation of a foreign power to map the Philippines.

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