Fri Sep 29, 2023 – 8:06 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A leading Canadian computer scientist said agents from China offered him a six-figure bribe if he agreed to become a stooge for the Communist Chinese Party (CCP).
McGill University professor Benjamin Fung said during testimony at the House of Commons science committee that the CCP tactic was an obvious “recruitment strategy” designed to target Canadian academics.
As per Blacklock’s Reporter, Fung recently said that he asked the agents, “What do you want me to do?’” to which they replied, “You just need to reply to our emails.”
Fung serves as the chair for Canadian research at McGill’s School of Information Studies. He noted that his research interests include artificial intelligence as well as “cybersecurity and malware analysis.”
Due to his background in these areas, CCP agents were intrigued to try and use him for their gain.
“The Communist Party of China and Chinese state-affiliated companies expressed strong interest in my research in past years,” he told the Commons committee.
Fung said that in 2018 a Chinese company tried to recruit him as a “consultant” for its “artificial intelligence team.”
“That company offers three times, yes,
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