![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/liz-truss-warns-of-chinese-infiltration-at-westminster-after-suspected-spy-arrest/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Casey-Review-Issued-On-Met-Police-Standards-And-Culture.jpg&description=The former Prime Minister made a rare intervention in Parliament during an emergency debate on the alleged national security scandal gripping Westminster Liz Truss today warned of infiltration of Westminster by China after a suspected spy for Beijing was unmasked. In a rare intervention in Parliament, the former Prime Minister called on the Government to specifically earmark China as a 'threat' to the UK. Ms Truss spoke out after a parliamentary researcher arrested on suspicion of spying for China insisted he is completely innocent'. The suspect, who the Mirror is not naming, was described as a 'very serious operator' who cultivated contacts across Westminster. Speaking after Deputy PM Oliver Dowden delivered an emergency statement to Commons on the arrest, Ms Truss said: 'These are extremely worrying reports about the level on infiltration of Chinese-supported forces into our democracy.' She urged the Government to 'recognise that China is the largest threat, both to the world and to the United Kingdom, for freedom and democracy'. She went on: 'The Government should designate it as such.' Former Conservative leader and ex-Cabinet Minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who has been sanctioned by Beijing for repeatedly criticising the secretive state, said there was a 'potential espionage cell operating in and around Westminster'. Shrugging off calls to brand China a threat, Mr Dowden claimed that "actions speak louder than words". He added: We are clear-eyed about that challenge and we must be able to look the Chinese in the eye and call out unacceptable behaviour directly, just as our Prime Minister was able to do with Premier Li at the G20 in New Delhi this weekend.' The arrest of the 28-year-old Westminster researcher under the Official Secrets Act led to Rishi Sunak confronting Chinese premier Li Qiang at the summit in India over "unacceptable" interference in democracy. In a statement released through his lawyers, the researcher - who has not been officially named by){kind=link}
The former Prime Minister made a rare intervention in Parliament during an emergency debate on the alleged national security scandal gripping Westminster
Liz Truss today warned of infiltration of Westminster by China after a suspected spy for Beijing was unmasked.
In a rare intervention in Parliament, the former Prime Minister called on the Government to specifically earmark China as a “threat” to the UK. Ms Truss spoke out after a parliamentary researcher arrested on suspicion of spying for China insisted he is completely innocent”.
The suspect, who the Mirror is not naming, was described as a “very serious operator” who cultivated contacts across Westminster. Speaking after Deputy PM Oliver Dowden delivered an emergency statement to Commons on the arrest, Ms Truss said: “These are extremely worrying reports about the level on infiltration of Chinese-supported forces into our democracy.”
She urged the Government to “recognise that China is the largest threat, both to the world and to the United Kingdom, for freedom and democracy”. She went on: “The Government should designate it as such.”