The UK government stated the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office can continue 'legitimate activity' despite recent convictions of men linked to the office for spying. The government vowed to prosecute anyone undermining British security.

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in London can continue its “legitimate activity”, the UK government has said, despite political pressure after a British court found two men linked to the office guilty of spying on activists. But the UK government also said on Thursday that anyone in any organisation found to be assisting a foreign state to undermine British security would be brought to justice. The government’s remarks came two weeks after Bill Yuen Chung-biu, the London office’s...