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UK court jails 2 Hongkongers tied to trade office up to 10 years for spying

UK court jails 2 Hongkongers tied to trade office up to 10 years for spying
South China Morning Post Thursday 18 June 2026, 12:20 UTC By Danny Mok,William Yiu 1 min read
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Two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London found guilty of spying on activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in jail on Thursday. Bill Yuen Chung-biu, 65, an administrative manager at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO), was sentenced to eight years in prison for assisting a foreign intelligence service at the Old Bailey. Co-defendant Peter Wai Chi-leung, 40, a security firm operator and former part-time UK Border Force officer, received a sentence of...

Two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London found guilty of spying on activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in jail on Thursday. Bill Yuen Chung-biu, 65, an administrative manager at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO), was sentenced to eight years in prison for assisting a foreign intelligence service at the Old Bailey. Co-defendant Peter Wai Chi-leung, 40, a security firm operator and former part-time UK Border Force officer, received a sentence of 10...
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