A MI6 Connection To China's Biggest Political Scandal In Decades

Mr Heywood met an MI6 officer for at least a year, the Wall Street Journal says

Neil Heywood: Briton Killed In China 'Had Spy Links' -- BBC

A British businessman who was killed in China had been providing information to the British secret service, the Wall Street Journal newspaper claims.

Neil Heywood had been communicating with an MI6 officer about top politician Bo Xilai for at least a year before he died, the paper said.

The UK Foreign Office said it would not comment "on intelligence matters".

In April, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Mr Heywood was not a government employee "in any capacity".

The case is at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in decades.

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More News On The MI6 Connection To China's Biggest Political Scandal In Decades

Briton Killed in China Had Spy Links -- Wall Street Journal
Briton murdered in China fed tips to British intelligence -- Reuters
China’s Security Ministry Suspected Slain Businessman Was a Spy -- New York Times
British businessman murdered in China worked for MI6, claims extraordinary new report -- Daily Mail
Slain Briton passed information to MI6 -- UPI
Murdered Briton in China Political Scandal Was MI6 Informant: Report -- Voice of America
Neil Heywood 'briefed MI6 on Bo Xilai' -- The Guardian
Murdered Briton Neil Heywood 'was an MI6 informant' -- The Australian
Neil Heywood 'was MI6 informant' -- The Telegraph
Was Neil Heywood, murdered by Bo Xilai's family, an MI6 agent? -- Times of India
If You're a British Spy, Don't Drive a Jaguar with '007' Plates -- The Atlantic

Chinese Spy Rings Target Britain

From Times Online:

THE security service MI5 has accused China of bugging and burgling UK business executives and setting up “honeytraps” in a bid to blackmail them into betraying sensitive commercial secrets.

A leaked MI5 document says that undercover intelligence officers from the People’s Liberation Army and the Ministry of Public Security have also approached UK businessmen at trade fairs and exhibitions with the offer of “gifts” and “lavish hospitality”.

The gifts — cameras and memory sticks — have been found to contain electronic Trojan bugs which provide the Chinese with remote access to users’ computers.

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My Comment: I would not be surprised if the tactics used by China in the U.K. are being duplicated by China in many other countries around the world.