Ukrinform reports this with reference to NHK.

Police suspect that in 2018, 59-year-old Quan Hengdao voluntarily emailed one of the Chinese companies technological information regarding the results of his research into fluorine compounds.

Police did not say whether the suspect pleaded guilty, but NHK’s law enforcement counterparts claim that Quan, who has worked at the Japanese institute since 2002, holds a professorial position at one of the specialized universities in China, and even heads it. party branch of this institution.

Law enforcement suspected sensitive data had been leaked in another case where they were investigating reports from a Tokyo institute that Quan might not have complied with rules regarding his simultaneous work in China and at the Japanese institute.

Police say the leak relates to research results into the use of synthetic fluorine compound technology to produce insulating gas and use it in transformers and other devices. Scientists believe that this is one of the technologies that will help combat climate change on our planet.

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