For almost three decades, Christine Ching Kui Lee has been a pillar of the Anglo-Chinese community. A wealthy lawyer and campaigner, Ms Lee, from her home in the suburban West Midlands, has been energetic, it is fair to say, in promoting Chinese interests in Britain. An MI5 investigation, conducted over several years – intelligence agencies refuse to disclose operational details – concluded that Ms Lee is an agent of the Communist Chinese state. In the end, MI5 decided enough was enough, and after several years of monitoring Ms Lee’s activities, decided to intervene. At noon on Thursday, MI5 issued to all parliamentarians – that is, MPs and peers – a Security Service Interference Alert that warned them all to steer clear of Ms Lee.

Source: The Times January 14, 2022 11:07 UTC