New Zealand Defence Force Soldier sentenced to two years detention after admitting attempted espionage

A New Zealand soldier, whose identity is suppressed, was sentenced to two years in a military detention facility for attempting to defect and providing restricted military information to someone he believed was a foreign agent. He admitted to handing over sensitive NZDF documents, including maps, passcodes, and vulnerabilities of military bases, after being contacted by an undercover officer.

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