MI5 Lawyer Tells Tribunal Consequences of Christine Lee’s Actions Were ‘Foreseeable’

LONDON—A lawyer representing MI5 told a tribunal it was entirely “foreseeable” for suspected Chinese agent Christine Lee to assume she would come to the attention of British intelligence and her actions be disclosed to the public. In January 2022, MI5 issued an interference alert against Ms. Lee, a solicitor, warning MPs she was a suspected Chinese agent who had engaged in “political interference activities” on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Her legal team, in their written submissions, said Ms. Lee had travelled to China and Hong Kong for business, met Chinese officials, and made speeches which “criticised the protesters in Hong Kong for using violence.”...