Chinese spies threatening 'sovereignty of the British state' jailed for targeting Hong Kong dissidents
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Two Chinese spies threatening "sovereignty of the British state" have been jailed for targeting Hong Kong dissidents.
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Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, 41 and Chung Biu (Bill) Yuen, 66, have been convicted of assisting a country's foreign intelligence service in the first case of its kind.Wai and Yuen, a former UK Border Force Officer and an ex-Hong Kong police officer respectively, were convicted under the 2023 National Security Act at the Old Bailey today.Wai was also convicted of misconduct in a public office by abusing the Home Office system to search people of interest to the Hong Kong authorities.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Wai, who is from Staines in Surrey was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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His handler, Yuen, from Hackney in east London was sentenced for eight years.Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said the men's actions were "deliberate, concerted and serious".She said: "Both of you played significant roles in the enterprise, which was primarily motivated by your enduring affinity with,...
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