UK leader Sunak chides China after report a UK Parliament staffer is a suspected Beijing spy

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has chastised China’s premier for “unacceptable” interference in British democracy. It comes after a newspaper reported that a researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for Beijing. Sunak said he raised the issue with Premier LI Qiang when the two met at a Group of 20 summit in India on Sunday. He said he’d expressed “my very strong concerns." London's Metropolitan Police force confirmed that a man in his 20s and a man in his 30s were arrested in March under the Official Secrets Act. Neither has been charged. The Sunday Times reported that the younger man was a parliamentary researcher who worked with senior lawmakers from the governing Conservatives.