China has furiously condemned the arrests of three suspects charged with spying for Hong Kong in the UK. It comes after the Home Office has ordered a review into recruitment and vetting.
Chi Leung Wai, Matthew Trickett and Chung Biu Yuen appeared in court. It is the first time anyone has been charged with spying for Hong Kong on UK soil China has furiously condemned the arrests of three suspects charged with spying for Hong Kong in the UK.
A third man, Chung Biu Yuen, 63, a retired Hong Kong police officer now employed as a trade official, is also accused of allegedly assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service.Chung Biu Yuen pictured leaving court yesterday and pictured on a motorcycle in 2002 The trio were charged under the new National Security Act brought in last year to target those working secretly for hostile states within the UK.
Tom Tugendhat, the UK's security minister, is preparing to order new guidance to police on how to spot Chinese campaigns in the country. Heathrow worker Chi Leung Wai, 38, is also accused of carrying out surveillance and hostile reconnaissance on pro-democracy activists in the UKThe three men are alleged to have broken into the home of one of their targets in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, on May 1 this year.
According to his website, he is the founder and director of D5 Security and has over 20 years' experience in the British military, police and private security sector. The home of Hong Kong spy suspect Chi Leung Wai, in Staines, Surrey, who neighbours said kept himself to himself
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