Ex-Dutch envoy accused of spying for Russia in Hong Kong goes on trial
The former Dutch foreign service employee, Raymond Poeteray, worked at the consulate in Hong Kong between 2004 and 2008. He faces charges of passing state secrets to Russian secret service SVR - the successor to the KGB - as well as bribery, laundering more than HK$870,000 and possession of a firearm.
A former Dutch diplomat accused of selling state secrets to Russia while working in Hong Kong goes on trial tomorrow in the Netherlands.
The case has links to the glamorous Russian sleeper agent Anna Chapman, who was deported from the United States in 2010 at the age of 28.
The former Dutch foreign service employee, Raymond Poeteray, worked at the consulate in Hong Kong between 2004 and 2008. He faces charges of passing state secrets to Russian secret service SVR - the successor to the KGB - as well as bribery, laundering more than HK$870,000 and possession of a firearm.
Poeteray, who is in his sixties, was arrested in April last year and has since appeared in several pre-trial hearings.
Earlier this year in Stuttgart, southern Germany, the trial began of Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag - Poeteray's suspected handlers, who were said to have been in contact with Chapman as well.
Dutch police investigators were called to testify and they presented evidence indicating Poeteray began working for the Russian intelligence agency during his time in Hong Kong.
