A former authorities terrorism tsar is advising the UK wing of a blacklisted firm that works on the Chinese language nuclear weapons programme, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Lord Carlile of Berriew is a paid adviser to Bikal Tech, the British companion of a Chinese language supercomputer firm that’s banned from the US as a result of its surveillance know-how has been utilized by Beijing in opposition to the persecuted Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Final evening the peer stated he had been unaware that the Chinese language agency was topic to sanctions till knowledgeable by The Mail on Sunday and stated he would ‘overview’ the connection in gentle of this data and would finish it if the information are confirmed.
Lord Carlile, the UK’s Unbiased Reviewer of Terrorism Laws from 2001 to 2011, co-founded intelligence consultancy SC Technique with Sir John Scarlett, the previous head of MI6.
Lord Carlile of Berriew (pictured) is a paid adviser to Bikal Tech, the British companion of a Chinese language supercomputer firm that’s banned from the US as a result of its surveillance know-how has been utilized by Beijing in opposition to the persecuted Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang
His Lords register of pursuits state that he’s a paid advisor to Bikal Distribution GKB Ltd and has been a shareholder of sister firm TransteknIQ Ltd since Might 2020.
Chinese language state-owned firm Sugon, which is listed as a ‘companion’ on Bikal’s web site, was blacklisted by the US in 2019 because it stated it was concerned in China’s improvement of nuclear weapon techniques and surveillance of the Uyghurs.
Bikal has a proper settlement with Sugon to work on evaluation of ‘non-public and public sector’ knowledge and makes use of the Chinese language firm’s computer systems to run its surveillance techniques.
Bikal’s founder, Raj Sandhu, is Sugon’s ‘nation consultant’ within the UK. Mr Sandhu has recognized Lord Carlile since 2015 and first approached him about utilizing new know-how to cut back automobile thefts.
In 2021, Bikal entered a data-sharing settlement with West Midlands Police that noticed it hand over huge quantities of police data for a yr.
Chinese language state-owned firm Sugon, which is listed as a ‘companion’ on Bikal’s web site, was blacklisted by the US in 2019 because it stated it was concerned in China’s improvement of nuclear weapon techniques and surveillance of the Uyghurs. Pictured: A guard tower and barbed wire fences encompass an internment facility within the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in Xinjiang
Lord Carlile stated he ‘supported’ the strategy to West Midlands Police and nonetheless believes that the association is official and ‘very useful in lowering critical motorcar crime’. There isn’t any suggestion of wrongdoing.
Final evening Lord Carlile stated he was unaware that Sugon was sanctioned by america till he was advised by The Mail on Sunday.
He added: ‘I’ll do what any accountable individual will do and verify whether or not Bikal has behaved with propriety or not.
‘In the event that they haven’t, I cannot proceed my relationship.’
