The South China Morning Post has revealed in a recent report that Chinese government authorities will be investigating Coca-Cola for its alleged misuse of GPS data in a case which appears to be linked to concerns about modern espionage.

According to the details shared by the Chinese authorities, Coca-Cola was being investigated over whether the company's workers have inappropriately used location-finding technology, and had violated the restrictions which the country has imposed on map-making.

While Coca-Cola has been asserting that its makes use of standard GPS tracking tool, essentially for improving the efficiency of its deliveries, the Chinese investigators claim that the handheld GPS devices were apparently being improperly used by the Coca-Cola employees in China's Yunnan Province.

As per the claims of the authorities in the southwestern province of Yunnan, Coca-Cola employees were found to be making improper use of handheld global positioning system devices last month. The authorities also said that there were over 20 similar cases of misuse of GPS data on the part of the company's workers in the Yunnan Province.

In its defense, Coca-Cola said in a Thursday statement that customer logistics systems were being "broadly used for commercial application across many industries in China and worldwide;" and added: "After being contacted by local authorities, our bottling plants have cooperated fully with their enquiries to ensure that our customer logistics systems are in full compliance with current regulations."