The British MI5, which is trusted to thwart espionage in the UK, on Thursday issued a stern warning to the Speaker of the British House of Representatives that a Chinese citizen had managed to infiltrate the parliament building and "try to disrupt processes" in the Holy of Holies.
Parliament Speaker Lindsay Hoyle on Thursday passed on the main points of the warning he had received to all members of the British House of Representatives. Here in the building. "
The MI5 warning includes the exposure that the woman "helped promote financial donations to current lawmakers or those who want to be elected, and that these donations were on behalf of foreign nationals who are in Hong Kong and [mainland China] secretly hiding the sources of payment."
These are hundreds of thousands of pounds that are apparently meant to ensure that Chinese interests are promoted, and even worse: that certain legislative actions will be thwarted and perhaps also some propaganda to change public opinion during the turbulent period of the Brexit.
The letter stated that at least one senior Labor member, who was also a former minister, had received donations because of its activities.
If that wasn’t enough, her son worked for him, but because of the exposure on Thursday the son was forced to resign.
She was even photographed with at least two prime ministers during their tenure - David Cameron and Theresa May - and with Jeremy Corbyn, while he was the leader of the Labor Party.
"MI5 names Chinese 'agent' with links to Labor MP Barry Gardiner. Commons Speaker says covert donations facilitated by Christine Lee are unacceptable" The Times.https: //t.co/q7QFoXuyA1
- Mike Fairclough (@ 1MikeFairclough) January 13, 2022
Homeland Security Secretary Patel reported on Thursday that Lee had been under investigation for some time, but admitted that the revelation on Thursday "reveals relatively new dimensions" and reassured that at the moment the woman's activities apparently "did not cross the criminal threshold."
She also denied that it was an attempt by the Boris Johnson government to change public discourse following the embarrassment the prime minister suffered in recent days following the revelation that blatantly violated corona restrictions during an event at his official residence in 2020. -MI5.
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