China in ‘covert and calculated’ effort to recruit MPs and peers, minister says (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 19 Nov 12:48
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MPs and peers have been told they face “a covert and calculated” attempt to recruit parliamentarians through two LinkedIn profiles linked to the Chinese intelligence service.

After MI5 issued an espionage alert on Tuesday, saying that two people were operating on LinkedIn to obtain “non-public and insider insights”, the security minister, Dan Jarvis, told MPs the effort was focused on those “with access to sensitive information about parliament and the UK government”.

With the Chinese embassy in London dismissing the accusations as “pure fabrication”, the diplomatic dispute appeared to be a new flashpoint in the increasingly tense relationship between China and the UK over alleged espionage.

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