Singaporean pleads guilty to spying for China in the US

Yeo Jun Wei, also called Dickson Yeo, pled guilty in federal court in Washington DC to one count of acting within the United States as an illegal foreign agent. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON, July 25 (The Straits Times/ANN): A Singaporean man pleaded guilty on Friday (July 24) to acting under the direction of Chinese intelligence officials to obtain sensitive information from Americans, the US Justice Department said.

Yeo Jun Wei, also called Dickson Yeo, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington DC to one count of acting within the United States as an illegal foreign agent.