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From: South China Morning Post
Hong Kong-born Lee, suspected of being at the centre of one of the largest US intelligence breaches in decades, appears in a Virginia court
A former CIA officer and Hong Kong resident accused of passing top secret information to Chinese intelligence officers in exchange for money will have to wait a year before going on trial in the United States.
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Many in the American government believe Lee – also known as Zhen Cheng Li – was a mole who helped China dismantle the US spy network in the Asian country. According to The New York Times, 18 to 20 informants were killed or imprisoned in China, with the first signs of trouble emerging in 2010.
