2023-09-10 20:47:00
Next October they must appear before a judge accused of violating the Official Secrets Law.
10 sep 2023 . Updated at 8:47 p.m.
The spy hunt in the UK continues. Almost a month after announcing the dismantling of a network made up of five people, three of whom were Bulgarian citizens, and which supposedly passed information to the Kremlin, London announced this Sunday the capture of two other men for their links with the Chinese Government.
One of the alleged agents was an official of the British Parliament and had access not only to high-level Conservative MPs such as the president of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Alicia Kearnsbut to government authorities such as the Secretary of State for Security, Tom Tugendhat, the newspaper revealed. The Sunday Times. The arrests occurred last March.
A man in his 30s was arrested at an address in Oxfordshire, and another in his 20s, at an address in Edinburgh. Searches were also carried out at both the residential properties and a third address in east London, Scotland Yard said. The police also reported that the detainees were released on bail until next October, when they must appear before a judge accused of violating the law.to Official Secrets Law.
The incident threatens to further sour relations between London and Beijing. The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, complained to his Chinese counterpart, Li Qiang, during the G20 summit that is being held these days in India and conveyed his concerns about Chinese interference in the parliamentary democracy of the United Kingdom, said the spokesperson for 10 Downing Street.
The ties between the two countries have been deteriorating since the times of Theresa May, when London blocked the participation of Chinese companies in the installation of its 5G mobile phone network the petition of United States. Sunak himself has called the Asian giant a systematic threat to his country, but has admitted that blocking it isolating it is not an option.
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