MI5 had "legitimate reasons" to warn MPs about a lawyer accused of working for the Chinese government, judges have ruled.The security service warned that it believed Christine Lee had engaged in "political interference and activities" for a branch of the Chinese Communist Party in an alert that came in January 2022 after a series of donations to Labour MP Barry Gardiner.The ruling was issued as the Government comes under pressure to designate China a security threat after the naming of an allege

MI5 had "legitimate reasons" to warn MPs about a lawyer accused of working for the Chinese government, judges have ruled.The security service warned that it believed Christine Lee had engaged in "political interference and activities" for a branch of the Chinese Communist Party in an alert that came in January 2022 after a series of donations to Labour MP Barry Gardiner.The ruling was issued as the Government comes under pressure to designate China a security threat after the naming of an alleged Chinese spy with close links to the Duke of York.