Two men convicted of spying for China in UK, first such cases in British history
Peter Wai and Bill Yuen were convicted of spying for China at the Old Bailey in what authorities say are the first such convictions in British history. Wai, a former part-time UK Border Force officer, and Yuen, an administrative manager at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, were sentenced to 10 and eight years in prison, respectively. The men conducted surveillance on Hong Kong dis
Two men, Peter Wai and Bill Yuen, were convicted of spying for China at the Old Bailey in what is described as the first such conviction in British criminal history. Peter Wai, a former part-time UK Border Force officer, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bill Yuen, an administrative manager at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, was sentenced to eight years in prison. The men conducted surveillance on Hong Kong dissidents and activists in the UK on behalf of Hong Kong and China. According to straitstimes.com, Peter Wai misused his UK Border Force position to access Home Office data, and the surveillance activities occurred between December 2023 and May 2024.
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