CHRISTOPHER CASH NAMED BY POLICE
One of the men was named by police on Monday as Christopher Cash.
In September, the Sunday Times reported that Cash had been arrested for spying while working as a researcher in parliament for Conservative lawmaker Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
A Christopher Cash was listed on parliamentary documents from early 2023 as working for Kearns.
In September, a lawyer for the arrested man issued a statement denying the accusations of spying without confirming the identity of their client. The same legal firm did not provide a statement on Monday when contacted by Reuters.
Cash does not have publicly available contact details and could not immediately be reached for comment.
UK ACCUSED CHINA OF STEALING ELECTION DATA
Last month, the British government summoned the chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in London after accusing Chinese state-backed hackers of stealing data from Britain’s elections watchdog and carrying out a surveillance operation against parliamentarians.
China denied those allegations, calling them “completely fabricated”.
The government also said in September that Chinese spies were targeting British officials in sensitive positions in politics, defence and business as part of an increasingly sophisticated spying operation to gain access to secrets.
Separately, Germany on Monday said it had arrested three people on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service to hand over technology that could be used for military purposes.
