Two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Thursday for spying on activists. Bill Yuen Chung-biu received eight years, and Peter Wai Chi-leung received 10 years for assisting a foreign intelligence service.
The UK government will allow the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in London to continue its "legitimate activity" despite a court finding two men linked to the office guilty of spying on activists. However, the government stated that anyone found aiding a foreign state in undermining UK security will face justice.
The UK government will allow the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in London to continue its "legitimate activity" despite two men linked to the office being found guilty of spying on Hong Kong activists for Chinese authorities. The government stated that anyone assisting a foreign state to undermine UK security would face justice.
The operations of Hong Kong’s Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in London will remain unaffected by a UK spying verdict, observers have said, arguing that the British government is unlikely to seek the body’s closure so as to maintain relations with Beijing. A British court on Thursday found Bill Yuen Chung-biu, the London HKETO’s manager, and Peter Wai Chi-leung, a retired Hong Kong police superintendent, guilty of spying on activists from Hong Kong on behalf of Chinese authorities. The Hong...
A British court has convicted two men linked to an Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) of spying on activists from the city on behalf of Chinese authorities. Bill Yuen Chung-biu, the London office’s manager, and Peter Wai Chi-leung were found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service on Thursday, two years after their arrests thrust the role of Hong Kong’s overseas promotion offices into the global spotlight. Yuen, a retired Hong Kong police superintendent, was earlier accused...
