Trade presence abroad, representing Hong Kong’s interests
A UK court has found a Border Force officer and a Hong Kong trade official guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service by spying on Hong Kong pro‑democracy figures and others in Britain. The nine‑week trial, which has marked a rare conviction for Chinese espionage on British soil, will lead to sentencing for the two men in due course.
A UK court has jailed a Border Force officer and a Hong Kong trade official for spying for China, marking the first prosecutions under the National Security Act in Britain. Wai and Yuen have been found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service and related misconduct, leaving dissidents and supporters distressed. Sentences are ten and eight years respectively.