China Says It Caught Foreign Consultant Spying for UK’s MI6

China detained the head of an overseas consulting firm for allegedly spying on the Asian nation for the British government, putting renewed focus on an industry targeted by Beijing’s national security crackdown.

China’s spy agency said Monday that the UK’s MI6 intelligence service employed the consultant from a “third country” to carry out espionage activities. The alleged spy, surnamed Huang, provided the UK with state secrets and intelligence, according to the Ministry of State Security’s official WeChat account.

The MSS’s statement didn’t identify any firms or Huang’s nationality. The UK government declined to comment.

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Those two Canadians certainly confessed to their crimes: one is accusing the other not paying him enough for the job he did.