Canadian charged with spying

A Canadian citizen has been charged with prying into and stealing State secrets, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday.

The people's procuratorate of Dandong, Liaoning province, charged Kevin Garratt at the city's intermediate people's court, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Friday.

Hua said he is also suspected of having accepted assignments from Canadian intelligence agencies to gather intelligence in China.