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Dickson Yeo tried to get a job in Singapore agencies dealing with classified issues: Ex-diplomat
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The experts said the facts of the spying case involving Dickson Yeo (above) paint a textbook picture of espionage operations.
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Before Dickson Yeo went to the United States to spy for China - a charge he has since confessed to - he once tried to get a job in Singapore that would give him access to sensitive information.
Former senior diplomat and trade negotiator Barry Desker said Yeo had "tried unsuccessfully to secure employment in Singapore government agencies dealing with classified issues". He was not able to elaborate for security reasons.
