Chinese government agent in Parliament

[BlueHammer85]

MI5 has warned that a Chinese government agent has been working in parliament "to subvert the processes", MPs have been told.

Iain Duncan Smith told the Commons that Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has written to MPs to let them know he has been contacted by MI5 over the matter.

The MP said: "I understand that Mr Speaker has been contacted by MI5 and is now warning members of parliament that there has been an agent of the Chinese government active here in parliament working with a Member of Parliament, obviously to subvert the processes here.

"I say, as a Member of Parliament who has been sanctioned by the Chinese government, that this is a matter of grave concern."

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Situation contained.

 

[The perfect fumble]

They've pictures of him receiving his orders...

Double Windsor means "thanks for the refurb".

 

[BigOscar]

Did the tory who leaked this literally yell "smoke bomb!", or throw an actual dead cat on the journalists desk, or did they leave that bit unsaid?

 

[BlueAnorak]

Turns out to be one of LaBour MP Barry Gardiner's contacts whose son he employed..

MI5 warns Chinese 'spy' has been active in Parliament

MI5 notice named suspected agent as Christine Lee, who security service claims is 'knowingly engaged in political interference in the UK'

www.telegraph.co.uk

Her son resigned or was sacked this morning.

 

[kaz7]

Another dead cat , they must be running out of them

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Whoever it is can't be more damaging to the country's interests than Johnson has been for the last five years.

 

[Don Karleone]

The Times apparently ran this story 5 years a go. Dead cat is correct.

 

[bluethrunthru]

MI5 has warned that a Chinese government agent has been working in parliament "to subvert the processes", MPs have been told.

Iain Duncan Smith told the Commons that Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has written to MPs to let them know he has been contacted by MI5 over the matter.

The MP said: "I understand that Mr Speaker has been contacted by MI5 and is now warning members of parliament that there has been an agent of the Chinese government active here in parliament working with a Member of Parliament, obviously to subvert the processes here.

"I say, as a Member of Parliament who has been sanctioned by the Chinese government, that this is a matter of grave concern."

I listened to IDS earlier - he was saying he and others work with fleeing refugee's from Hong Kong and such a person could see anything on papers lying on desks etc in his office.

I thought oh great - well done IDS - just admitting a huge breach of security there leaving sensitive papers out in the open. I mean when I worked from home any files I had were stored in the locked metal filing cabinet provided if I wasn't using them or wasn't there. Basic security.

 

[bluethrunthru]

There you go - its on the BBC news channel now - the impartial BBC have a couple of stills of her talking to Corbyn - very handy I am sure