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UK Immigration Officer Sentenced for Espionage

Updated 2026-05-07 14:50 UTC 2 sources Negative

A UK immigration officer was sentenced to prison for working with Chinese intelligence. He used his access to track Hong Kong dissidents in the UK.

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NPR
Both were the latest to be sentenced in President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign, which started more than a decade ago.
2026-05-07 14:38 UTC
BBC News
Chi Leung "Peter" Wai used the main immigration database to track Hong Kong dissidents in the UK.
2026-05-07 14:38 UTC
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