Singaporean pleads accountable in U.S. to performing as Chinese language intelligence agent

A Singaporean guy who arrange a faux consulting web site to solicit data from U.S. executive and army employees has pleaded accountable to performing as an unlawful agent of Chinese language intelligence, the Justice Division mentioned on Friday.

Sentencing for Jun Wei Yeo, sometimes called Dickson Yeo, can be in October, in step with the dep.. The U.S. is cracking down on Chinese language spying, with the FBI having interviewed dozens of visa holders about their imaginable ties to Chinese language intelligence.

On Friday a Chinese language researcher who took shelter within the San Francisco consulate used to be anticipated to look in courtroom on allegations she lied about her Chinese language army provider, whilst the U.S. counterintelligence company leader warned China and different countries may just intrude with November elections.