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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Sunak hits out at Chinese interference in Parliament in meeting with premier

AP

Rishi Sunak has confronted China’s premier over his country’s “unacceptable” interference in British democracy after the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying for Beijing.

The Prime Minister raised his concerns with Li Qiang at the G20 summit in India on Sunday, in a meeting that was still being arranged as news emerged of two arrests in the UK under the Official Secrets Act.

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