UK: Border force officer convicted in Chinese intelligence spying case
A Border Force officer has been convicted in London for aiding Chinese intelligence in spying on Hong Kong dissidents in the UK. Chi Leung “Peter” Wai used confidential immigration data to identify and monitor activists, operating as part of a "shadow policing" network.
He was found guilty under the National Security Act, alongside a former Hong Kong police officer.
UK convicts Chinese 'shadow police'
- UK border official and former Hong Kong cop convicted of assisting Chinese spy agency in Britain ABC News —
- Two men found guilty of spying on Hong Kong dissidents in UK for China The Straits Times —
- Pair guilty of ‘shadow police’ UK ops for China The Standard —
- Two men first in British history to be found guilty of spying for China The Guardian —
- Two men found guilty of spying on Hong Kong dissidents in UK for China The Straits Times —