Diplomatic tensions grow over UK arrest of Hong Kong trade office official

Item 1 of 2 Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaks during the National Secur ity Education Day opening ceremony in Hong Kong, China April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Lam Yik/ File PhotoHong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaks during the National Secur ity Education Day opening ceremony in Hong Kong, China April 15, 2024.

Lee cited a statement from the Chinese Embassy in London rejecting what it called "the UK's fabrication" of the case and its "unwarranted accusation" against the Hong Kong government. The three are also charged with conducting "foreign interference" by forcing entry into a residential home. Another defendant, Peter Wai, 38, a dual British and Chinese national, is a UK Border Force officer and ran his own private security firm. The third defendant, Matthew Trickett, is a former Royal Marine with a private security firm.They face a maximum possible sentence of 14 years for each charge. They were not asked to enter any pleas and will next appear in London's Old Bailey court on May 24. The men were granted bail but have curfew and travel restrictions.

Hong Kong police in 2023 offered bounties of HK$1 million for information leading to the arrest of 13 overseas-based activists amid a crackdown on dissent under a national security law imposed on Hong Kong in 2020. The law was introduced after months of sometimes violent pro-democracy street protests that swept Hong Kong a year earlier.

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