According to CNN, China has arrested a foreign national who headed a consulting firm abroad for allegedly spying on behalf of the UK. The Ministry of State Security (MSS), China’s civilian spy agency, announced in a statement that it had captured a person with the last name Huang who was heading a foreign consultancy and was collaborating with the British MI6. Nevertheless, the agency failed to provide Huang’s entire name, gender, or nationality, as well as the name of the business they were employed by.
Huang started working with MI6 in 2015 on intelligence matters, with the British agency directing Huang to travel to China multiple times to collect intelligence and identify potential assets for it, MSS said in its statement.
MI6 provided Huang with training as well as professional spying equipment for the exchange of intelligence and communications, the MSS added.
It further alleged that Huang ended up providing Britain with 17 pieces of intelligence, including several “national secrets.”
During the MSS investigation, Huang was given access to consular visits from their home country in accordance with the law, it said.
Moreover, the British Embassy in Beijing referred CNN to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for comment on the case. However, the FCDO did not immediately respond to their request.