Chinese spy was set to get UK visa before being deported, says Whistleblower

INTERNATIONAL DESK: A compliance officer at a London brokerage has claimed he was ordered by bosses to obtain a Visa for an employee who turned out to be a Chinese spy.

The agent, who has since been Deported, was sponsored by the Now-Closed foreign exchange brokerage Goldenway global investments, according to a tribunal ruling.

The allegations were detailed in a successful Whistleblower suit brought by Bharat Bhagani, who said he was fired for blocking the appointment of two directors.

Goldenway, which is controlled by a Hong Kong-Based company, faced multiple restrictions by the financial conduct authority before it closed last year and changed its name. the previously Unreported deportation adds to a series of Tit-For-Tat espionage cases involving the UK and China. this month Beijing said it detained the head of an overseas consulting firm for allegedly spying on the Asian nation for the British government. that followed the arrest of two men in Britain last year in connection with alleged spying for China.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has previously raised with Chinese Premier Li Qiang his concerns about interference from Beijing, and there is a hawkish wing of the UK ’ s ruling conservative party that regularly WARNS of the threat posed by China.