Chinese embassy in UK denounces jailing of 2 Hongkongers for spying

AL Ambrose LiSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-19 · 10:20 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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The Chinese embassy in the UK has urged the British government to cease "slander and suppression" following the sentencing of two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London. Bill Yuen Chung-biu, a manager at the office, received an eight-year prison sentence for assisting a foreign intelligence service. Co-defendant Peter Wai Chi-leung, a security firm operator and former UK Border Force officer, was sentenced to 10 years for the same charge and misconduct in public office. Yuen, a retired police superintendent, was accused of relaying surveillance requests from Hong Kong authorities to Wai. The court's decision involved spying on activists.

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Yuen was accused of passing surveillance requests from Hong Kong authorities to Wai.

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Peter Wai Chi-leung was imprisoned for 10 years for assisting a foreign intelligence service and misconduct in a public office.

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Bill Yuen Chung-biu was sentenced to eight years for assisting a foreign intelligence service.

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Two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London were jailed for spying on activists.

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Chinese embassy in UK denounces jailing of 2 Hongkongers for spying.

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The Chinese Embassy in the UK has called on the British government to “stop its acts of slander and suppression” after a court jailed two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London for up to 10 years for spying on activists.Bill Yuen Chung-biu, a manager at the office, was sentenced on Thursday to eight years behind bars for assisting a foreign intelligence service, while co-defendant Peter Wai Chi-leung, a security firm operator and former part-time UK Border Force officer, was imprisoned for 10 years for the same charge and another for misconduct in a public office.Yuen, a retired police superintendent, was accused of passing surveillance requests from Hong Kong authorities to Wai while working at the trade office.

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