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Singaporean Man Pleads Guilty To Spying For China In The U.S.

Ashe Schow
Singaporean Man Pleads Guilty To Spying For China In The U.S.
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A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty to spying on the United States on behalf of China.

In a statement released Friday, the Department of Justice explained that Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, pleaded guilty to “one count of acting within the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign power without first notifying the Attorney General.”

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