In Britain Counter Terrorism After a police investigation, two including a parliamentary researcher British Citizens have been accused of spying for China.
Christopher Cash, 29, from Whitechapel, east London, has been charged with an offense under the Official Secrets Act, the Metropolitan Police said.
Christopher Barry, 32, from Witney, Oxfordshire, is also facing similar charges.
It is alleged that between January 2022 and February 2023, Kash ‘obtained, collected, recorded, published or communicated to any other person, materials, writings, documents or information, for the purpose of prejudicing the security or interests of the State’. could be directly or indirectly useful to the enemy or was intended to be so.’
Barry is accused of being involved in the same offense between December 2021 and February 2023.
Mr Cash is believed to have worked as a parliamentary researcher and had close ties to senior Tories including Tom Togandt (now security minister) and Mrs Cairns, who is on the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. Serving as Head.
Commander Dominic Murphy, head of Counter-Terrorism Command, said: ‘This is a very complex investigation into very serious allegations.’
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He said: ‘We worked closely with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and progress has been made in our investigation which has led to the individual charges of both men today.
We are aware that there is some public and media interest in this matter but we would ask others to refrain from further comment or speculation so that the criminal justice process can now take its course.’
Nick Price, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter-Terrorism Division, added: ‘Christopher Barry, 32, and Christopher Cash, 29, will be charged with providing damaging information to a foreign country, China, and will appear in court on Friday, April 26. The minister will appear in the magistrate’s court.
Criminal proceedings against the defendants are ongoing. Anyone should refrain from reporting, commenting or sharing information online that could in any way prejudice their right to a fair trial.’
After this news, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Kerns issued a statement on the social media platform X saying, “This afternoon the announcement by the Crown Prosecution that two people will be charged with spying for China: As this matter It is now under trial in court, so it is important that neither I nor anyone else, should say anything that would prejudice the criminal case on the matter of national security. I will not comment further.’
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2024-08-18 12:44:27
