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ISD detains S'porean Dickson Yeo, who spied for China, for acting as paid agent of foreign state

Dickson Yeo has been detained under the Internal Security Act for two years. PHOTO: DICKSON YEO/FACEBOOK
Hariz Baharudin
Indonesia Correspondent
UPDATED JUN 16, 2021, 05:53 AM
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SINGAPORE - A Singaporean man who had worked for China's intelligence services since 2015 has been detained for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for being a threat to Singapore.

Dickson Yeo, 40, had acted as a paid agent of a foreign state, said the Internal Security Department (ISD) on Tuesday (June 15).

He was arrested by the ISD on Dec 30 last year, after he was deported to Singapore from the United States upon completion of a 14-month jail term for spying for China in the US. Yeo was issued an order of detention under the ISA on Jan 29.