Two men charged with spying for China under Official Secrets Act

A UK parliamentary researcher and another man have been charged with spying for China after allegedly providing information which could be “useful to an enemy”.

Christopher Cash, 29, the researcher, and Christopher Berry, 32, were charged under the Official Secrets Act.

They are accused of giving “articles, notes, documents or information” to a foreign state, the Met Police said.

It was previously reported that one of the men – Mr Cash – was a parliamentary researcher involved with the China Research Group, and who is understood to have had access to several Conservative MPs.

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