A CHINA-funded firm was given personal knowledge of each Brit soldier — together with the SAS — in a feared security blunder.
Defence chiefs signed a cope with amenities supervisor Pinnacle Group regardless of Chinese language tycoon Terrence Tsang being the corporate’s greatest investor.
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Chinese language companies are required by regulation to move knowledge to the ruling Communist Social gathering on demand.
London-based Pinnacle landed a £144million deal to “streamline and resolve” troops’ complaints over housing.
Mr Tsang, 47, who has hyperlinks to a number of Chinese language corporations, was appointed to Pinnacle’s board in August 2021 — days after the deal was introduced.
Insiders mentioned housing contracts let Pinnacle employees see the place troopers, sailors and airmen lived.
A report by MPs warned Chinese language companies and the Chinese language state had been “inextricably linked”.
However the MoD, headed by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, mentioned: “We take info security very critically and all Pinnacle employees engaged on the contract are UK-based and have handed related security clearance.”
The contract had been awarded “via the accepted authorities course of”, they added.
Pinnacle is majority-owned by holding firm Tstar Pinnacle, which lists Mr Tsang as the one individual with “vital management”.
However it mentioned: “Shareholders and buyers categorically don’t have entry to personal knowledge.”
