<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Three men have been charged with allegedly assisting Hong Kong intelligence services and with foreign interference, London’s Metropolitan Police said Monday.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The men will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged under the National Security Act.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, 38, Matthew Trickett, 37, and Chung Biu Yuen, 63, have each been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“While these offenses are concerning, I want to reassure the public that we do not believe there to be any wider threat to them,” said Commander Dominic Murphy, Head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This investigation remains ongoing, but now that charges have been brought, I urge people not to speculate or comment further in relation to this case.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hong Kong’s security bureau, Hong Kong police and the office of China’s foreign ministry in Hong Kong did immediately respond to requests for comment. - AP&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>