The United Kingdom’s Secret Service (MI5) warned the House of Commons on Thursday that an agent in the service of the People’s Republic of China had infiltrated parliament with the intention of interfering in British politics.
Westminster Lower House Speaker Lindsay Hoyle briefed delegates Email , MI5 found that the woman was “involved in political interventions involving members of parliament, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CCP).”
“He made financial donations to current and interested parliamentarians on behalf of foreign nationals based in Hong Kong and China,” he added in a statement. Email .
Hoyle said the woman was involved with the Chinese group, a multi-party parliamentary group currently dissolved in Britain.
According to the MI5 warning, the woman, identified by the BBC as Christine Singh Qi Lee, said her involvement with parliamentarians was to “represent the Chinese in the UK and increase diversity”.
