It’s right there in the sentence you quoted (albeit awkwardly written)! The spouse is also suspected of spying! Do you think the Chinese are idiots? Or that we don’t do the same??
For the same reason the spouse would be taken in, questioned, and possibly passport taken away in the US - to ensure the spouse doesn’t know anything of interest to investigators. I mean, let’s not be daft. If Snowden…
It’s right there in the sentence you quoted (albeit awkwardly written)! The spouse is also suspected of spying! Do you think the Chinese are idiots? Or that we don’t do the same??
For the same reason the spouse would be taken in, questioned, and possibly passport taken away in the US - to ensure the spouse doesn’t know anything of interest to investigators. I mean, let’s not be daft. If Snowden…