UK's MI5 warned Conservatives over possible Chinese spy candidates

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, warned the governing Conservative Party that two potential candidates to become ...

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSLONDON - Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, warned the governing Conservative Party that two potential candidates to become lawmakers could be spies for China, and the party blocked them, the Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Health and social care minister Maria Caulfield told Times Radio the government took any intelligence about Chinese interference"very seriously". The report comes at a time of growing anxiety about China after news on Sunday that a parliamentary researcher in Britain had been arrested in March on suspicion of spying for China.

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