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LONDON – Two men were found guilty in a London court on May 7 of spying on behalf of Hong Kong and ultimately China, targeting prominent pro-democracy dissidents now based in Britain. Bill Yuen Chung Biu, 65, and Peter Wai Chi Leung, 40, both dual Chinese and British nationals, were convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service between December 2023 and May 2024. A jury at London’s Old Bailey court was unable to reach a verdict on another charge of conducting “foreign interference” by forcing entry on behalf of the Hong Kong authorities into the home in northern England of…
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