UK Convicts 2 Men for Assisting Chinese Intelligence Service

This combination of file photos created on May 7, 2026 and taken on March 2, 2026 shows Bill Yuen Chung Biu (L) and Peter Wai Chi Leung (R), both charged with assisting Hong Kong intelligence service, as they arrive separately ahead of their trial at the Old Bailey in central London. Carlos Jasso/ AFP via Getty ImagesA London court on May 7 convicted a ​former British immigration officer and a former Hong Kong police officer for spying on Hong Kong dissidents on British soil on behalf of the Chinese regime.Chung Biu Yuen, 65, and Chi Leung Wai, ​38—both dual British and Chinese nationals—were found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service, in violation of the National Security Act 2023, according to a press release from Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service.