China says a foreign consultant was found to be spying for Britain’s MI6

China said Monday it had detained a foreign national who was the head of an overseas consulting firm for allegedly spying on behalf of the United Kingdom.

China said Monday it has detained a foreign national who was the head of an overseas consulting firm for allegedly spying on behalf of the United Kingdom. China’s civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), said in a statement that it had apprehended an individual surnamed Huang working with Britain’s MI6 while leading a foreign consultancy. The agency did not mention Huang’s full name, gender or nationality, nor identify the company they worked at. According to the MSS, Huang started working with MI6 in 2015 on intelligence matters, with the British agency directing Huang to travel to China multiple times to collect intelligence and identify potential assets for it. M16 provided Huang with training, as well as professional spying equipment for the exchange of intelligence and communications, the MSS added. It alleged that Huang ended up providing Britain with 17 pieces of intelligence, including several “national secrets.”