Chinese spies tried to convince target her flat was flooding

A trade official and a UK Border Force officer carried out ‘Big Brother’ style surveillance on Hong Kong dissidents living in the UK on behalf of China, a court heard. Retired Hong Kong police officer Chung Biu Yuen, 65, also known as ‘Billy’ or Bill Yuen, worked for the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office in London. Yuen allegedly accepted surveillance tasks on Chinese dissidents living in the UK at the behest of Chinese and Hong Kong officials who referred to…