Border Force officer and Hong Kong trade official jailed for spying for China
Summary
A UK Border Force officer and a Hong Kong trade official in London have been jailed for spying for China, marking the first criminal conviction of this kind in the UK. They were found guilty of surveilling Chinese dissidents in the UK and were sentenced under the National Security Act.Key Facts
- Peter Wai, a UK Border Force officer, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
- Bill Yuen, a Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office manager, was sentenced to 8 years.
- Both were convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service under the National Security Act.
- Wai misused a government computer system to gather information on targets.
- Their spying targeted Chinese dissidents, including activists and politicians in the UK.
- The case involved a “shadow policing” operation against Hong Kong pro-democracy groups.
- A third person arrested, Matthew Trickett, died by suicide after being released on bail.
- The Chinese embassy called the case a misuse of law aimed at hurting Hong Kong’s stability.
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