• ExLisperA
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      1 day ago

      During an air show. A Show. For public. With planes. They took pictures of an air show.

      • catloaf@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 day ago

        They took pictures of the facilities and operational aircraft, not the airshow. That’s suspicious enough to detain someone.

        • ExLisperA
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          1 day ago

          Aren’t operational aircraft integral part of an air show? I never personally seen one but I can’t imagine an air show without operational aircraft. And where does it say they took pictures of the facilities?

          • catloaf@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            1 day ago

            No. Usually it’s only demonstration aircraft like the Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, and the Golden Knights. And private pilot stunts. Sometimes they’ll do operational fighter jets showing off, but what the article is talking about is the ones not in the show.

            And it literally says “facilities” in the headline.

            • ExLisperA
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              1 day ago

              Titles are often clickbait. That’s why it’s good to read the article:

              "Usually, visitors are free to take pictures at air shows, but the U.S. military prohibited citizens of certain countries, including China and Taiwan, from entering the Osan Air Power Days event due to a recent series of illegal filming of Korean military facilities by Chinese people.

              But the suspects violated the ban and secretly entered the air show venue to commit the illegal act."

              The article also says " The police are currently reviewing whether to apply for an arrest warrant for them, the agency added. ".

              So for now they are not even charged with anything. This is just badly written, clickbait article. It’s not even clear if they broke the law by filming anything or just entering the air show while being Taiwanese. For all we know they were just escorted out after someone checked their documents and the author invented everything else.