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Two men found guilty of spying for China
The jury said the pair helped a foreign intelligence service and used Home Office data to track dissidents, while Wai also faced misconduct charges.
- A jury at the Old Bailey found dual Chinese-British nationals Peter Wai, 38, and Chung Biu "Bill" Yuen, 65, guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service, marking the first Chinese espionage convictions in British history.
- Wai, a Border Force officer, abused his access to immigration databases to track Hong Kong dissidents, while Yuen, the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office manager, served as his contact for the "shadow policing" operation.
- Surveillance targets included Nathan Law and Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who received "special attention," and police arrested the pair on May 1, 2024, while attempting to confront fraud suspect Monica Kwong at her Pontefract home.
- Following four days of deliberation, the jury could not reach a verdict on foreign interference charges, and the Crown announced it would not seek a retrial, leaving both defendants awaiting sentencing.
- Evidence showed Wai referred to dissidents as "cockroaches" while gathering intelligence, and the operation involved Matthew Trickett, a Home Office immigration officer found dead in a suspected suicide shortly after their arrest.
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