3 Men Charged in the UK With Spying for Hong Kong Intelligence Service

D5 Security Consultancy, where Wai serves as director, received three payments from the HKETO’s HSBC account in the UK, reads the indictment.

A protester places photos of three men charged with assisting Hong Kong's foreign intelligence service in Britain on the door of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, in London, UK on May 14, 2024. Toby Melville/Reuters

London police prosecuted three men for violating the UK National Security Act on May 13, accusing them of surveilling former Hong Kong Legislative Council member Nathan Law, who is subject to bounties by the Hong Kong police.

Chung Biu Yuen, 63, an administrative manager at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in London, Chi Leung Wai, 38, and Matthew Trickett, 37, were charged with assisting foreign intelligence services and foreign interference, according to a Metropolitan Police press release.