Weeks after China'smega-embassyopened in London (the one that's right next to all of theirtappablecommunications cables), the husband of Labour Party whip Joani Reidwas arrested over Chinese espionage concerns, prompting the lawmaker to step aside amid ongoing probes.
Reid's membership in the party is now under suspension while she remains an elected lawmaker, as her husband, 39-year-old David Taylor,was one of three men arrested on Wednesdayunder the National Security Act. The men allegedly assisted a Chinese intelligence agency.
In addition to Taylor, former Labour Party press officerMatthew Aplinand former Welsh government special advisorSteve Joneswere identified as the other two who were arrested.
As theEpoch Timesnotes further, Reid stressed that she’s not under investigation and that neither she nor her children are involved in her husband’s business activities.
“I have done nothing wrong. I love my country,” she said in a statement, noting she has not seen anything to make her suspect her husband has “broken any law.”
She described the suspension as voluntary.
“This week has been the worst of my life,” she said.
Chinese espionage concerns have grown in the country recently, with domestic intelligence agency MI5warningthe country’s politicians that they are targets of Chinese agents. On the same day of the trio’s arrests, two other men—a Hong Kong police superintendent and a UK border official—went on trial on charges of spying on the Hong Kong diaspora in the country.
Authorities on March 4 also raided the house of a veteran British journalist over the latest spying case.
The journalist, Martin Shipton, described loud banging that woke him up early in the morning.
Source: ZeroHedge News
