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The UK security services issued a warning on Tuesday that Chinese intelligence services are targeting people who work in parliament.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, told MPs that China’s Ministry of State Security was approaching individuals in parliament and attempting to “collect information and lay the groundwork for long-term relationships”, leading MI5 to issue the alert.
Beijing was “using professional networking sites, recruitment agents and consultants”, Hoyle said in a letter.
Security minister Dan Jarvis is due to make a statement to the Commons later on Tuesday.
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