Britain’s move to charge a Hong Kong public officer and two other men with spying will sour the United Kingdom’s ties with China and might put the future of the city’s foreign trade offices in jeopardy, analysts have said.
Bill Yuen Chung-biu, an office manager of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in London, Peter Wai Chi-leung and Matthew Trickett were granted bail by Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Monday after being charged with two offences under the National Security Act, passed last year to target threats from foreign states.
