BEIJING: China denounced on Friday convictions of two men in the United Kingdom for spying on Hong Kong dissidents as a “political farce”, accusing the country of “erroneous practices”.
A London jury found the pair -- a retired Hong Kong policeman and a former UK Border Force official -- guilty on Thursday of assisting a foreign intelligence service following a weeks-long trial.
The high-profile case exposed how ex-police superintendent Bill Yuen, 65, and 40-year-old Peter Wai conducted “shadow policing” operations on British soil targeting Hong Kong dissidents and exiled pro-democracy protesters.
Asked about the two convictions at a regular news conference, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that “China strongly condemns and firmly opposes this”.
