(MENAFN) A man, suspected to be an agent for China, has been charged of collecting data on Tibetans home escaped to Sweden, according to the Swedish authorities.



Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist declared, "This is a very serious crime because spying affects very vulnerable people".



Ljungqvist added that these kind of people "must be able to feel confident that they can freely use their constitutional freedoms, for example to protest against a regime without risking persecution or other abuse".



"Cooperation is necessary in the fight against serious crimes such as spying on refugees", according to Daniel Stenling of Sweden's security service SAPO.

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