Singapore authorities released 40-year-old Dickson Yeo after detaining him for close to a year for investigations. He was picked up when he arrived back in Singapore after serving a 14-month prison sentence in the United States for covertly collecting intelligence for the Chinese regime. On Dec. 14, Singapore’s Internal Security Department (ISD) announced in a press release it had completed its investigations into Singaporean Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo. It established that Yeo “did not manage [to] obtain and pass on any classified information about Singapore to his foreign handlers.” “The threat that Yeo poses as a foreign agent is assessed to be effectively neutralized,” the ISD said. “As such, he does not pose a security threat that warrants continued detention.” Yeo was released through a “Suspension Direction” (SD) given by the Minister of Home Affairs, K. Shanmugam, which suspends the detention order made under Singapore’s Internal …
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