'UK researcher arrested for China spying'

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 11, 2023 12:43 am

LONDON: UK police said Saturday they had arrested a man in his 20s for spying, with the Sunday Times reporting he was a researcher in Britain's parliament suspected of working for China.

'Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service arrested two men on 13 March on suspicion of offences under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act, 1911,' said the force.

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