Bail Granted to Former Hydro-Québec Employee Charged With Sending Trade Secrets to China

Defence lawyer Gary Martin (L) representing Yuesheng Wang, and Crown Prosecutor Marc Cigana speak to the media after a hearing at the courthouse in Longueuil, Quebec on Nov. 15, 2022. Former Hydro-Québec employee Wang is charged with economic espionage-related offences. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

A former Hydro-Québec employee who is facing charges related to sending trade secrets to China has been granted bail.

Yuesheng Wang, 35, is the first person to be charged with economic espionage under Canada’s Security of Information Act, an RCMP spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Nov. 15, when Wang made his first court appearance.