UK parliamentary security working with authorities over alleged Chinese spying, says speaker

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LONDON: Britain's parliament speaker Lindsay Hoyle on Monday (Sep 11) said issues raised by media reports about the arrest of a parliamentary researcher alleged to be a spy were being addressed, and

"China is the second largest economy in the world, it's heavily integrated in our economy as it is with many of our allies," she told BBC radio.The suspect, said to be in his 20s, was arrested at his home in Edinburgh in March, along with another man in his 30s.

Sunak said he confronted Li on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi on Sunday, calling"any interference in our parliamentary democracy ... obviously unacceptable". "I feel forced to respond to the media accusations that I am a 'Chinese spy'. It is wrong that I should be obliged to make any form of public comment on the misreporting that has taken place," he said."I have spent my career to date trying to educate others about the challenge and threats presented by the Chinese Communist Party .

 

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