The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday said its recent military operation that led to the arrest of a Chinese national on espionage charges

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is not buying the claims of innocence from the wife of a recently arrested Chinese national accused of espionage, citing recovered data containing detailed surveillance of hundreds of military installations and critical infrastructure sites across the country.

The Filipino wife of a Chinese national accused of espionage said her husband is not a spy, in a case that comes against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions between the Philippines and China.

The wife of the Chinese national who was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation earlier this month for alleged espionage activities asserted on Monday that her husband was not a spy. “[Deng Yuanqing] is not a spy.

The AFP said its findings still stand despite the statement of the wife of Chinese national Deng Yuanqing claiming her husband was not a spy.