Singaporean pleads guilty to acting as ‘China agent’

Bloomberg

A Singaporean man pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for Chinese intelligence in the US, according to a statement posted on the US Department of Justice website.
Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, admitted that he provided valuable information to Chinese intelligence and knowingly recruited others in the US to do the same, a FBI officer said.
Conflict between the two superpowers has escalated as the Trump administration ordered China to close its Houston consulate and China responded by ordering the closing of a US
consulate in Chengdu.

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