{"id":2027392,"date":"2023-09-10T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-parliament-worker-arrested-amid-allegations-of-spying-for-china\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T20:56:47","slug":"british-parliament-worker-arrested-amid-allegations-of-spying-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-parliament-worker-arrested-amid-allegations-of-spying-for-china\/","title":{"rendered":"British Parliament worker arrested for alleged Chinese espionage."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritish-parliament-worker-arrested-amid-allegations-of-spying-for-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027392&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>British Parliament\u2063 Staffer Arrested on Suspicion of Spying\u200c for China<\/h2>\n<p>A shocking report from The Sunday Times\u2062 revealed that a staffer in \u2062the\u200c British Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicions \u2063of spying for China.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect,\u2063 a man in his late 20s who worked as a Parliamentary researcher, was allegedly &#8220;linked&#8221; with several Members \u2062of Parliament from the Conservative Party who had access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazenly-ignoring-the-law-texas-sues-facebook-for-using-facial-recognition-to-harvest-personal-information\/\" title=\"'Brazenly Ignoring' the Law: Texas Sues Facebook for Using Facial Recognition to Harvest Personal Information\">highly sensitive information<\/a>. The arrest took\u2062 place in mid-March, along with another suspect in his 30s.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The mask has truly slipped,&#8221; said Paddy McGuinness, the U.K.&#8217;s former deputy national\u2063 security \u200badviser.\u2062 &#8220;This isn&#8217;t about China objecting \u2063to interference \u2062in\u2064 their internal affairs as they so\u2063 often claim. \u2064Rather, \u200dthey are messing in ours, with a\u2063 casual disregard for our democracy and\u2064 our\u2062 sovereignty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both suspects\u2063 were charged \u200cwith violating Section One of Britain&#8217;s Official Secrets\u200b Act 1911, which\u200d prohibits sharing information \u2062or communications that may be &#8220;prejudicial to the\u200c safety\u2064 or interests of the state&#8221; and\u200b &#8220;calculated to be \u200dor&#8230;\u2062 intended\u200b to be directly or \u200cindirectly useful to an enemy,&#8221;\u2063 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2064 reports, some Conservative MPs that were\u200c reportedly linked\u200d to the\u200b researcher include the U.K.&#8217;s minister of state \u2063for\u2062 security, Tom Tugendhat, and the \u2064chair \u200bof the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Alicia Kearns. However, it&#8217;s\u2064 believed that the alleged spy only worked with Tugendhat prior to his\u200b role as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attackers-throw-molotov-cocktails-at-jewish-home-in-israel\/\" title=\"Attackers Throw Molotov Cocktails at Jewish Home in Israel\">security minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is \u200binevitable the Chinese Communist party \u2064(CCP) would target and seek to\u2064 undermine parliament&#8217;s leading\u200d voices who have demonstrated the ability to constrain the CCP&#8217;s ambitions,&#8221; a source \u2063close to \u200cKearns said.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 researcher had a parliamentary pass and \u200breportedly\u200d worked on international relations policies \u2064with various\u200b MPs \u2013 including China-centered policies.\u200c Officials\u200b suspect that during his time working and living in China, he may have been\u200c recruited by the Chinese government \u2063as a sleeper agent with the \u200cgoal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-parliament-worker-arrested-amid-allegations-of-spying-for-china\/\" title=\"British Parliament worker arrested for alleged Chinese espionage.\">infiltrating political groups critical<\/a> of Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200d a government source, the suspect \u2064may have even \u2063influenced the opinions of some legislators. &#8220;I&#8217;m pretty sure he turned some \u200cbackbenchers from China \u2063hawks into being apathetic about Beijing,&#8221; the source revealed.<\/p>\n<h3>U.K. Prime Minister Raises \u200dConcerns with China<\/h3>\n<p>U.K. \u2063Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addressed\u2063 the\u200d revelation during the \u200bG20 summit in India, where he expressed &#8220;very\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ft-lauderdale-mayor-tries-to-walk-back-terrorism-claims-over-pride-parade-accident-now-says-he-was-terrorized\/\" title=\"Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Tries To Walk Back \u2018Terrorism\u2019 Claims Over Pride Parade Accident, Now Says He Was \u2018Terrorized\u2019\">strong concerns<\/a> \u200babout any \u200binterference in our parliamentary democracy, which is obviously unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We discussed a range of \u200cthings and \u2064I raised\u2064 areas where there are disagreements,&#8221; the British PM stated. &#8220;And\u200d this is just part\u200c of \u200dour strategy to protect ourselves, protect our values and \u2064our\u2062 interests, to align our approach\u200b to China with that of our allies like\u2064 America, Australia, Canada, Japan,\u2064 and others, but also to \u2063engage where it makes sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A government \u200bsource described the news as \u200da &#8220;major escalation by China,&#8221; emphasizing that the U.K. has &#8220;never \u2063seen anything like this before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Chinese Espionage \u2064Concerns Extend to the U.S.<\/h3>\n<p>In a recent report from The \u2062Wall Street Journal, over 100 instances of alleged\u200b Chinese tourists attempting to gain access\u2064 to U.S. military bases and installations were outlined. These so-called &#8220;tourists&#8221; were suspected of\u200c performing espionage activities, such as taking\u200d photographs and gathering information \u200dabout security practices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The advantage the Chinese have is they\u200d are willing to\u2063 throw people at collection in large numbers,&#8221; explained\u2064 Emily Harding, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic\u2062 and\u2062 International \u2063Studies. &#8220;If \u2064a few of them get caught, it\u2063 will be\u2064 very \u2063difficult for the U.S. government to prove anything beyond trespassing, and those who don&#8217;t get caught are likely to collect something \u200duseful.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>classified information. The arrest raised concerns about potential Chinese espionage within the British government. The suspect&#8217;s connections with influential politicians heightened fears of sensitive data being compromised. The incident serves as a reminder of the ongoing threat posed by foreign intelligence agencies and the need for robust security measures to safeguard national interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":2027393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}