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Dickson Yeo and spying in the time of social networking
Singaporean Dickson Yeo's pleading guilty in a US court last month to spying for China has cast a spotlight on the world of espionage, the role technology plays and why intelligence agencies continue to tap individuals to gather sensitive information. The Straits Times reports.
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Singaporean Dickson Yeo pleaded guilty to acting within the US as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence.
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At the behest of a Chinese intelligence operative, two years ago, Singaporean Dickson Yeo conjured up a consultancy firm and posted a fake job listing on professional networking site LinkedIn.
The response floored him.
