China's rich seek bodyguards schooled in digital dark arts

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TIANJIN: At the Genghis Security Academy, which bills itself as China's only dedicated bodyguard school, students learn that the threats to the ...

TIANJIN: At the Genghis Security Academy, which bills itself as China's only dedicated bodyguard school, students learn that the threats to the country's newly rich in the tech age are more likely to emerge from a hacker than a gunman.

The course fees are up to US$3,000 a student; and while they had to cancel training between February and June because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has not dampened demand. Mobile phones are confiscated throughout, while meals are taken in silence in a large dining hall presided over by pictures of acclaimed graduates, who have protected everyone from China's second richest man Jack Ma to visiting French presidents.In one class, students in pairs work through a scenario protecting a"client" from an intruder.

"Chinese bosses don't need you to fight," Chen tells his students of a client base which includes the country's biggest real estate and tech firms. According to Chinese media, His son escaped by jumping into a river and was able to call the police, who said they arrested five suspects at the scene.

 

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