Chinese National Sought in Japan, Accused of Attempted Fraud and Links to China’s Military

A man types on a computer keyboard, in Warsaw, on Feb. 28, 2013. Kacper Pempel/illustration/Reuters

Japanese police are searching for a Chinese national who they suspect tried to fraudulently buy Japanese security software in November 2016, allegedly at the instruction of his wife, who is linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China.

Police identified the suspect as Wang Jianbin, 36, a former international student who has fled from Japan, The Mainichi newspaper reported.