Beijing accuses MI6 of recruiting Chinese couple as spies

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State security service says it has uncovered ‘major espionage case’ involving husband and wife

The Chinese secret service said the case was under further investigation but did not say if the couple had been detained or charged.The Chinese secret service said the case was under further investigation but did not say if the couple had been detained or charged.

In a post on its WeChat account, the MSS said the husband, surnamed Wang, had been recruited first when he travelled to the UK in 2015 as part of an exchange programme. After Wang arrived “MI6 deliberately arranged for relevant personnel to take special care of him”, the MSS said.

In January it accused MI6 of recruiting a national from a third, unnamed, unnamed country to spy on China, instructing him to “use his public identity” to collect information during multiple trips to China from 2015 onwards.

 

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