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Jan 2024
38m 56s

Spies, Lies, and Secrets

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Shane Todd, a high-tech engineer, was found dead in his Singapore apartment in 2012.. He was scheduled to leave the country in a matter of days when he was found dead. To the police in Singapore, he was just an American who killed himself. But his parents believed he was killed because he was unwilling to go along with a plan to share cutting-edge American technology with China. “48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/28/2014. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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