![]() ![]() ![]() 'Following the easing of the pandemic, the scale and pace of the recruitment escalated, and it is right that we now expose this threat more widely. 'Since then, we have investigated other cases, and when practicable taken necessary measures to deter and dissuade such recruitment. In the response, Mr Heappey - a former soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq - said: 'The Department became aware of an isolated case in 2019 when a defence industry employee was head-hunted to support military aviation programmes. The concern was triggered after Mr Heappey responded to a parliamentary question from Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, John Healey, about how long the MoD had known about the recruitment of former British military personnel by the Chinese. 'Chinese intelligence will have had an awful long time to work on these individuals Their networks are huge and abilities to turn people to get them working for the Chinese are massive.' 'The Ministry of Defence should have been on top of this when they first heard about it happening. He told MailOnline: 'This is something the country should be concerned of. Pictured are Chinese J-10 fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force in August Up to 30 ex-RAF aces could have been hired to train Chinese pilots over the years. ![]()
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