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A Canadian officer working in military intelligence charged with spying for a foreign entity

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian officer working in military intelligence has been arrested and charged with passing classified information to a foreign entity, the Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement on Thursday.

The statement said Matthew Robar, a member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command with the rank of master warrant officer, was charged with multiple offences under the National Defense Act. He is facing a court martial.

The department did not say which foreign entity the undisclosed information was passed on to.

“The investigation began in 2024 and focused on the unauthorized disclosure of safeguarded information to a Foreign Entity,” it said.

The investigation was conducted by the Canadian Forces Military Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

A lawyer for Robar could not immediately be reached.

Beijing bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers from entering China because they visited Taiwan

By WTOP Staff
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese embassy conveyed via parliamentary officials and shown to The Associated Press on Thursday. China has hit lawmakers from other countries with sanctions related to contact with Taiwan before, but it's the first time for New Zealand parliamentarians, the government in Wellington said. Beijing has been increasing pressure in recent years on the democratically governed island that it claims as its own territory. Two lawmakers reached by the AP on Thursday rejected the demand for an apology, while the other two could not be immediately reached. New Zealand's government said it would express concern about the travel bans to Beijing. The elected officials visited Taipei in May, as New Zealand parliamentarians have done “for decades,” a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.
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