Sunak hits out at Chinese interference in parliament
Rishi Sunak has warned the Chinese premier of his "strong concerns" about Beijing's interference in democracy after the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Well I obviously can't comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation but with regard
00:03 to my meeting with my Premier Lee, what I said very specifically is that I raised a
00:10 range of different concerns that we have in areas of disagreement and in particular my
00:14 very strong concerns about any interference in our parliamentary democracy which is obviously
00:19 unacceptable.
00:20 Well as I said we discussed a range of things and I raised areas where there are disagreements
00:24 and this is just part of our strategy to protect ourselves, protect our values and our interests,
00:29 to be rigorous, to align our approach to China with that of our allies like America, Australia,
00:35 Canada, Japan and others but also to engage where it makes sense and actually I think
00:39 the right thing to do is take the opportunity to engage, to raise concerns specifically
00:44 rather than just shouting from the sidelines.