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A Border Force officer was running Chinese spy ops from inside the UK Home Office

published · May 9, 4:15 PM · $0.00 total · published 50d ago
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A London jury just convicted a UK Border Force officer of running Chinese spy operations inside Britain — using law enforcement database access to hunt down Hong Kong dissidents. He worked inside the Home Office. China called the verdict 'a political move.' Mike's angle: this is what it looks like when your institutions are already compromised and the government pretends it isn't happening. Button: wonder how long before someone asks the same question over here.

Institutional callout pillar. China/deep-state espionage angle is squarely in Mike's lane. Different subject matter from all recent content. Named case, specific role, specific country — avoids the aggregator feel.

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A London jury just convicted Chi Leung Wai, a UK Border Force officer, of running shadow policing operations against Hong Kong dissidents on behalf of China. Not outside the government. Inside it. He had access to Home Office databases. Prosecutors say he was harvesting names and addresses going back to 2018. His co-conspirator, Chung Biu Yuen, was the head of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London while he was directing surveillance targets. Two guys. Both with institutional cover. Both allegedly running ops for Beijing on British soil.

The operation involved trying to lure a Hong Kong dissident out of her Yorkshire home by posing as maintenance workers. When that didn't work, they moved toward forcing entry. Counter Terrorism Police showed up and arrested the group. A third man charged in the case, former Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, was found dead in a park after being bailed. China called the verdict "nothing but a political move." That's their tell. Every time they get caught, it's political. Never an explanation of the actual evidence. Just the label.

Here's what I keep coming back to. This wasn't some guy caught passing secrets at a dead drop. This was an officer with law enforcement database access, inside a government agency, using the infrastructure to hunt dissidents for a foreign regime. And the question nobody in Washington seems interested in asking: if it happened inside the UK Border Force, why are we so confident it hasn't happened here? Wonder how long before someone starts looking.

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Chinese spy ran ops from inside the UK Home Office using law enforcement databases. China called the verdict 'political.' Of course they did. #china #nationalsecurity #deepstate #americafirst

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