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China says couple working for government spies for UK MI6
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China has accused the UK of recruiting a couple who work for the Chinese central government for espionage. The pair are accused of passing information to MI6 at a time when the two countries are exchanging accusations of spying.
In a statement, China’s civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), said it had recently solved a “significant espionage case” involving MI6, in which it found two critical moles “placed by the British side in our ranks”. .
It follows the April indictment of two others accused of spying for China and weeks after British police charged three people with spying for Hong Kong’s intelligence services, including a former investigator for the ruling Conservative Party.
The allegations in the UK came after China’s MSS said in January it had arrested the head of a foreign consultancy it said had spied for MI6.
Under Xi Jinping, China’s most authoritarian leader in decades, the country’s spy agency has dramatically raised its public profile and expanded its powers. From being a shadowy organization with no visible public face, the MSS has become a more visible presence in public life.
Over the past six months, the MSS has made regular public statements about dismantling foreign espionage operations, statements that cannot be verified by their nature but that give the agency a positive review — and these developments are being used regularly by the Chinese government. I urge its citizens to be cautious.
In its latest report, MSS detailed its allegations against the couple.
According to the agency, the spy, identified only by the surname Wang, worked for an unidentified central government organization in a position with “access to critical classified information.”
In 2015, Wang’s application to study in the United Kingdom as part of an exchange program was “quickly approved” because MI6 assessed his access, according to the MSS.
While studying in Britain, Wang was invited on dining and guided tours organized by MI6 to understand his “characteristic weaknesses and personal interests”, the MSS says.
After discovering Wang had a “strong desire for money,” the British spy agency used a former student to lure him into a high-paying part-time consulting position, the MSS says.
“The British side started with open research projects and gradually moved to the core internal issues of our central state institutions, paying significantly more than normal consulting fees. Although Wang was somewhat skeptical of this situation, he continued to provide so-called ‘consulting’ services to the British side, under the lure of huge sums of money. ” says the MSS.
Shortly thereafter, MI6 operatives approached Wang about working for the British government, promising him high monetary rewards and security guarantees, the MSS alleges.
Wang agreed to the terms and received intelligence training before being told to return to China to gather information.
According to the MSS, Wang was repeatedly persuaded by MI6 to join his wife – who worked for a “central” government agency – into espionage, and offered her double the money. Despite his initial reluctance, Wang and his wife, surnamed Cho, eventually agreed, the MSS allege.
According to MSS, the case is being investigated.
CNN reached out to the British Foreign Office, which handles media matters for the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6’s official name, for comment.
In August last year, MSS made its social media debut: It launched an official account on China’s most popular social app WeChat, appealing to “all members of society” to join the fight against foreign intrusion. His posts regularly receive hundreds of thousands of views and are widely shared in state media.
According to the MSS, foreign spies are ubiquitous and infiltrate everything – from cartography apps to weather stations. The ministry has previously released details of what it says are espionage operations carried out by Western intelligence agencies and how Chinese citizens studying or working abroad were recruited by the CIA.
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