CHRISTOPHER CASH NAMED BY POLICE
One of the lads was named by police on Monday as Christopher Cash.
In September, the Sunday Times reported that Cash had been arrested for spying whereas working as a researcher in parliament for Conservative lawmaker Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
A Christopher Cash was listed on parliamentary paperwork from early 2023 as working for Kearns.
In September, a lawyer for the arrested man issued a press release denying the accusations of spying with out confirming the identification of their shopper. The identical authorized agency didn’t present a press release on Monday when contacted by Reuters.
Cash doesn’t have publicly accessible contact particulars and couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
UK ACCUSED CHINA OF STEALING ELECTION DATA
Last month, the British authorities summoned the chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in London after accusing Chinese state-backed hackers of stealing information from Britain’s elections watchdog and finishing up a surveillance operation towards parliamentarians.
China denied these allegations, calling them “completely fabricated”.
The authorities additionally stated in September that Chinese spies had been concentrating on British officers in delicate positions in politics, defence and enterprise as a part of an more and more subtle spying operation to realize entry to secrets and techniques.
Separately, Germany on Monday stated it had arrested three folks on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service handy over expertise that may very well be used for army functions.
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