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BEIJING: China has alleged that the
British Secret Intelligence Service
MI6 turned two staff members of unnamed Chinese central state organs into spies for the British govt, its
state security ministry
said in a statement on Monday. The ministry said the case against the two spies, a married couple, is under further investigation.
In its statement, the Chinese ministry said the spy with the surname Wang studied in the UK in 2015 under an exchange programme and had been invited to dinners and tours surreptitiously arranged by the MI6 during that period.
Wang was said to have “a strong desire for money” and was lured into a part-time consulting opportunity with high remuneration before MI6 personnel approached him to work to serve the British gov t with promises of even bigger monetary rewards, as well as security. He agreed.
After
espionage training
, MI6 commanded Wang to return to China to collect important information related to the Chinese govt. The ministry said MI6 also persuaded Wang to turn his wife, who worked at a “core government unit”, for double the money. The wife, surnamed Zhou, eventually agreed.
