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.
Counter-terrorism police have described the allegations as “very serious”.
Mr Berry, from Witney in Oxfordshire, and Mr Cash, of Whitechapel, London, were arrested last March in connection with the investigation.
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.
The Sunday Times reported the researcher had access to security minister Tom Tugendhat and foreign affairs committee chairwoman Alicia Kearns, among others.
The charges against Mr Cash, of Whitechapel, London, are alleged to have happened between 20 January 2022 and 3 February 2023, while the charges against Mr Berry, from Witney in Oxfordshire, are alleged to have happened between 28 December 2021 and 3 February 2023.
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