Parliamentary researcher arrested for ‘spying for China’

Sky News says Two men have been arrested under the Official Secrets Act amid reports that a parliamentary researcher spied for China.

The researcher has links to several senior Tory MPs and has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, according to The Sunday Times.

He was arrested along with another man by officers on 13 March, the newspaper reported.

The researcher, who is in his 20s, is understood to have had links to security minister Tom Tugendhat, foreign affairs committee chairwoman Alicia Kearns and other senior Tory MPs.

The MPs he is linked to are privy to classified or highly sensitive information.

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