One of the scientists who was fired from Canada’s top infectious disease laboratory “intentionally” shared scientific information with China, says an assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
The intelligence assessment was released late Wednesday afternoon by the federal government, along with hundreds of other documents about the mysterious dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng.
The scientists were marched out of the Winnipeg-based National Microbiology Lab (NML) in July 2019. Their dismissals were announced in January 2021, triggering concerns about Chinese espionage and leading to heated demands in Parliament for more information.
According to the documents, CSIS conducted multiple security screenings of the couple.
The document says