Singaporean National Pleads Guilty in US to Spying for Chinese Intelligence

Singaporean National Pleads Guilty in US to Spying for Chinese Intelligence
The U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington on April 18, 2019. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
Eva Fu
Eva Fu
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A Singaporean national has pleaded guilty to recruiting U.S. government employees to gather intelligence for the Chinese regime, the Justice Department announced on July 24.

Yeo Jun Wei, also known as Dickson Yeo, worked for Chinese intelligence services from 2015 through November 2019, when he was arrested by U.S. authorities upon exiting a China flight.

Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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