MI5 alerts parliament over Chinese espionage

MI5 alerts parliament over Chinese espionage – watch the governments’ response

MPs have been told that Beijing is ‘relentless’ in trying to ‘interfere with out processes and influences activity at parliament’.

The MI5 alert identifies two LinkedIn profiles, which it says are used on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has circulated a new “espionage alert” issued by the security services.

In a message to MPs Sir Lindsay said Chinese state actors were “relentless” in trying to “interere with our processes and influence activity at parliament”.

He warned that the Chinese Ministry of State Security was “actively reaching out to individuals in our community”. “They wanted to “collect information and lay the groundwork for long-term relationships, using professional networking sites, recruitment agents and consultatns acting on their behalf”.