US Navy Sailor’s Mother Encouraged Him to Pass Military Details to China, Prosecutor Says

US Navy Sailor’s Mother Encouraged Him to Pass Military Details to China, Prosecutor Says
Attorney Randy S. Grossman for the Southern District of California (C) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California in San Diego on Aug. 3, 2023. Meg McLaughlin/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP
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SAN DIEGO—The mother of a U.S. Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China encouraged him to cooperate with a Chinese intelligence officer, telling her son it might help him get a job with the Chinese regime someday, the prosecution said Tuesday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Sheppard made the accusation at a hearing in federal court in San Diego in urging the judge not to release Jinchao Wei, who was arrested last week on a rarely used espionage charge.