Canadian stopped from sharing national ship secrets

A Canadian citizen was arrested this week and charged with allegedly trying to pass along classified ship secrets to the Chinese government.

According to CBC, at a news conference on Sunday in Toronto, the RCMP say they arrested 53-year-old Qing Quentin Huang over the weekend. 

Huang was then charged under the Security of Information Act for allegedly trying to supply classified information related to Canada's shipbuilding strategy to China.

The information included plans for patrol ships, naval support vessels, science research vessels and ice breakers.

Information that RCMP Chief Supt. Jennifer Strachan said could provide unfair competitive and economic advantages.

Huang was an engineer for the country's largest shipbuilder, Lloyd's Register Canada Ltd., a company sub-contracted by Irving Shipbuilding.

He is set to appear in court Wednesday for a bail hearing. He currently faces two counts related to communicating classified information to a foreign entity, which could carry a life sentence in prison.