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Three men charged with assisting Hong Kong’s intelligence service and foreign interference
Three men have been charged with offences under the National Security Act including assisting Hong Kong’s intelligence service and foreign interference.
Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, 38, Matthew Trickett, 37, and Chung Biu Yuen, 63, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today, the Metropolitan Police said.
It follows an investigation led by officers from the Met’s counter terrorism command in which 11 people in total were detained.
Eight men and a woman were arrested by officers on 1 May in the Yorkshire area, before a man was arrested in London and another man was arrested in the Yorkshire area the following day, the force said.
The seven men and one woman who were not charged were released from custody on or before 10 May.
Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s counter terrorism command, said: “A number of arrests were made and searches carried out across England as part of this investigation.
“While these offences are concerning, I want to reassure the public that we do not believe there to be any wider threat to them.
“This investigation remains ongoing, but now that charges have been brought, I urge people not to speculate or comment further in relation to this case.”
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Wai, of Staines-upon-Thames, Trickett, of Maidenhead, and Yuen, of Hackney, are each charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and with foreign interference, contrary to the National Security Act.
“The foreign intelligence service to which the above charges relate is that of Hong Kong,” the Met Police said.