Ministry says British intelligence used foreign national to spy on China

China's national security authority recently uncovered a case involving the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, using a foreign national to engage in espionage activities against China, the Ministry of State Security announced on Monday morning.

In a statement, the ministry said that in 2015, MI6 established an "intelligence cooperation relationship" with a foreign national surnamed Huang, who served as the head of an overseas consulting company.

The statement did not identify Huang's nationality.