LONGUEUIL - Yuesheng Wang, a former researcher with Quebec's hydro utility on trial for allegedly spying on behalf of China, testified on Tuesday that his first paycheck came six weeks after he started the job because he wasn't shown how to complete payroll forms.

The 38-year-old has pleaded not guilty to economic espionage under Canada’s Security of Information Act. Wang is accused of sharing confidential research from Hydro-Québec with Chinese entities for the commercialization of battery technologies.

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