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.

On the witness stand at his trial on Montreal's South Shore, Wang described himself as a confused newcomer to the company in 2016, who spoke neither French nor English and didn't receive proper training, particularly about the utility's code of ethics or workplace standards.

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