China’s Ministry of State Safety stated MI6, Britain’s spy company, recruited “workers of a central nationwide company” in a press release on Monday morning.
The MSS stated {that a} man surnamed Wang and his spouse with the final identify Zhou had been recruited by MI6 to “acquire info for the British”. They allege Wang was focused by MI6 shortly after arriving within the UK in 2015 as a part of a “China-UK trade programme”.
“MI6 offered Wang with skilled spy coaching, directing him to return residence and acquire necessary intelligence associated to China,” the ministry stated, including that it was “legally investigating the couple”.
