China blasts U.K. arrest of Hong Kong trade office manager in spy case

Three people charged with working for Hong Kong intelligence

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Defendant Yuen Chung Biu leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in London after being charged with assisting Hong Kong's foreign intelligence service. © Reuters

RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA and PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writers

LONDON/NEW YORK -- China's representative in the United Kingdom on Monday slammed the arrest of three individuals, including a staffer at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, on allegations of spying for the Hong Kong intelligence service.

The Chinese Embassy in the U.K. "firmly rejects and strongly condemns" the accusations against the Hong Kong government.

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