She additionally alleged that she had been discriminated towards “on the grounds of my race”.
London:
A lady accused of “political interference actions” within the UK on behalf of the Chinese language Communist Occasion denied the claims on Tuesday as a part of her authorized declare towards intelligence providers.
Home intelligence service MI5 warned in 2022 that Christine Lee was a Chinese language agent who had engaged with members of parliament after she donated £500,000 ($635,000) to Labour MP Barry Gardiner.
Lee is now suing the safety providers, and on Tuesday advised a listening to that she was used as a “political soccer” and that she “categorically denied” the claims.
She additionally alleged that she had been discriminated towards “on the grounds of my race”.
The Safety Service submitted to the two-day listening to that the choice was “rational and lawful”.
“Ms Lee’s race and/or nationality performed no half within the choice to situation an interference alert,” stated Victoria Wakefield, lawyer for the Safety Service.
“As famous, the choice was made on grounds of nationwide safety to be able to counter the risk posed by Ms Lee’s hyperlinks to the CCP,” she added.
The listening to is predicted to finish on Tuesday, with a call due at a later date.
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