MI5 claims about Chinese spying on British lawmakers
Britain’s couer-ielligence and homeland security agency warned MPs and the House of Lords about what it called the “danger of Chinese espionage”.
According to Isna, the UK’s couer-ielligence and iernal security agency known as MI5 has warned parliamearians and members of the House of Lords that they “face a significa risk of espionage by the Chinese governme.”
The Speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, and his couerpart in the House of Lords, John McFall, have released a new “spy alert” issued by the security services.
In a letter to British MPs, Lindsay claimed that Chinese governme ages were “relelessly” trying to “ierfere with our processes and influence activities in Parliame”.
He claimed that China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is “actively communicating with people in our community” and that they wa to “gather information and lay the groundwork for long-term relationships, using professional networking sites, recruitme ages and consultas acting on their behalf.”
Britain’s Couer-Ielligence and Homeland Security Agency claims that “bogus figures” are approaching their targets to “write geopolitical reports as freelance consultas.”
The report specifically ideifies two LinkedIn profiles that it says are being used by China’s Ministry of State Security. Other elemes described in the alert include free trips to China and payme for information via cash or digital currency.
The targets are claimed to include “parliameary staff, economists, think tank staff, geopolitical advisers and those working alongside the governme, including MPs and members of the House of Lords”.
British Home Secretary Dan Jarvis will soon give a speech in the House of Commons about the measures taken by the London governme to combat the so-called “Chinese espionage”.
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