(London / Hong Kong Comprehensive News) The two defendants who have been charged with the official collection of intelligence in Hong Kong in the UK will be tried in February next year;There is nothing suspicious to call him death.
The "Hong Kong Spy Case" local time on Friday (May 24) in the London Central Criminal Court was conducted in preliminary hearing.
Comprehensive Agence France -Presse and Reuters reported that Yuan Songbiao, the executive manager of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, and Wei Zhiliang, the transferor of British Hong Kong people who had worked in British border defense, were suspected of being accused of collecting intelligence in the UK for Hong Kong officials.The two were approved for bail after the preliminary hearing, and the case was held in February next year.
The third defendant of this case was Matthew Trickett, a 37 -year -old British man. He was found in a park in London last Sunday (May 19).Trikt was a private detective and was a member of the Royal British Marine Corps.
The prosecutor who was in charge of the case mentioned in the court on Friday that because Trikt had died and the cause of death was unknown, the Royal Prosecutor's Office had notified the court to officially terminate his prosecution.
Trickt's death caused doubtful sinus. When the Hong Kong Business and Economic Development Director Qiu Yinghua met with the British deputy consul of the British in Hong Kong on Thursday, it once again stated that it was concerned about the incident, especially the Trikt death incident.For details, let the public understand the truth.
Thames Valley Police said on Friday evening that the police thought that the cause of death was not suspicious after conducting a corpse inspection on Trikrt.
British police prosecuted the three on May 13th, saying that from December last year to May this year, they assisted the Hong Kong intelligence department to monitor the local Hong Kong politiciaDirector Director Meng Zhaoda.They also suspected that they had committed a breakthrough, violated the crime of foreign intervention, and violated the local National Security Law.
Prosecutor's indictment stated that Yuan Songbiao, the executive manager of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, was the mastermind of the case.Some analysts believe that the case may lead to the British government re -examined the status and privilege of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, and even considers the closure of the Economic and Trade Office.
Ye Liu Shuyi, the convener of the Hong Kong Executive Council, said on May 18th on May 18th that the Economic and Trade Office had been mainly lobbying Congress and other work, but now the nature of the work has changed.In the British "doing things", the Economic and Trade Office must pay attention.She said: "The so -called collection of information is to pay attention to these development."
A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong said on Saturday (May 25) that strong dissatisfaction and resolutely oppose Britain's wantonly stigmatized to China, arrest and prosecute in Britain and Chinese citizens, slander the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, "interference in interferenceThe normal operation of the Economic and Trade Office in London is supporting the wanted outdoor fugitives.
The Chinese Embassy in the UK also attacked the fact that Britain's political manipulation in the name of national security, which seriously violated the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in Britain, and seriously damaged Sino -British relations.
