UK police charge 3 men with spying activities related to Hong Kong

British authorities have charged three men with assisting Hong Kong in spying activities, with one of them sharing the same name as the office manager of the city’s economic and trade office in London.

London’s Metropolitan Police said on Monday that the three men, Peter Wai Chi-leung, 38, Matthew Trickett, 37, and Yuen Chung-biu, 63, would appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later in the day.

They have been charged with espionage activities which the force said were related to Hong Kong.