中英关系

Sunak accuses China of interfering in UK ‘parliamentary democracy’

Prime minister’s comments come after arrest of two men under the Official Secrets Act

Rishi Sunak has told Chinese premier Li Qiang he has “significant concerns about Chinese interference in the UK’s parliamentary democracy” after two men were arrested under the Official Secrets Act.

The Sunday Times reported that one of the two men was a British parliamentary researcher suspected of spying for China.

The newspaper said this man had links to Conservative MPs including security minister Tom Tugendhat and House of Commons foreign affairs committee chair Alicia Kearns, and previously lived and worked in China. It