MI5 varnar brittiska lagstiftare för kinesiska spioner som utger sig för att vara headhunters | NTD NYHETER

The British security service MI5 issued a spy warning on November 18, where lawmakers are warned that Chinese spies are targeting them by pretending to be headhunters or companies. Two individuals are reported as having made contact via LinkedIn. Amanda Chu, CEO of BPYR Executive Search, and Shirley Chen, co-founder of Internship Union. MI5 states that these two individuals are making extensive efforts on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. The British Secretary of State, Dan Jarvis, said that the government will not tolerate Chinese involvement. He said that China has a low threshold for what information is considered to be valuable, and is collecting individual data to create a broader picture. Jarvis, in turn, gave measures to deal with threats from China and other countries, including $223 million to improve the encryption technology used by officials to protect sensitive work. In addition, new security guidelines were presented for election candidates, as well as plans to tighten the rules for political donations. I can also announce that this government has completed the removal of surveillance equipment manufactured by companies subject to the national intelligence law of the People's Republic of China from all sensitive sites we maintain in the UK and around the world. He said that China also poses a threat to other sectors, such as education and manufacturing. The opposition's interior minister, Alicia Kearns, urged the government to place China at a higher level in the register for foreign influence. She said that Tuesday's disclosure was not a surprise, and is only the latest in a constantly growing list of measures the Chinese Communist Party has adopted to affect and undermine Great Britain's sovereignty. Jarvis said that the government is investigating whether it is necessary to place China at the elevated level, but that no decision has yet been made. The warning comes after British prosecutors in September laid the case against two British men who were accused of spying on parliamentary meetings with China. The accusations claimed that the British government had not provided clear evidence that Beijing posed a threat to the country's national security. This also happens only weeks before the government has to decide to approve a large new Chinese embassy building. Critics say that this would pose a great security risk, since a Chinese spy base would be located at a short distance from London's financial and government centre. Malcolm Hudson reported for NTD News in Great Britain.