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NZ Soldier Caught Giving Secrets to What He Thought Was a Foreign Power

The soldier was caught in an undercover operation after he contacted a foreign country asking to defect.
NZ Soldier Caught Giving Secrets to What He Thought Was a Foreign Power
A NZ soldier drives a vehicle as part of Exercise Wayfinder. Courtesy of New Zealand Defence Force
Rex Widerstrom
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A New Zealand soldier has been dismissed from the army and sentenced to two years in military detention after being court-martialed for handing over sensitive information to someone he thought was an agent of a foreign government.

His contact was actually an agent of the NZ Security Intelligence Service (SIS).

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.