Posted on 11/30/2009 7:24:23 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Boris Johnson's deputy: 'I had sex with a Chinese spy'
EXCLUSIVE by Kate Mansey 29/11/2009
Beauty lures politician to bed then drugs him to take secrets
Boris Johnson's deputy was lured into a classic honeytrap by a beautiful Chinese agent in scenes which could have come straight out of a spy novel.
Ian Clement went up to his Beijing hotel room for sex with the secret service siren... but was drugged and came round hours later to find his room had been ransacked.
The London Mayor's No 2 discovered the woman had rifled through confidential documents and downloaded details about how the capital is run from his BlackBerry smartphone.
Clement hid the shameful episode from his boss but today he comes clean, admitting: "I fell for the oldest trick in the book."
The £127,000-a-year politician walked into the trap during the Beijing Olympics last year, when he was on a Government mission to build contacts with potential investors for the 2012 London Games.
Clement, who had a partner back in Britain at the time, said: "Before I went out I had to be briefed by MI6. They told me about honeytraps and warned me that the Chinese secret service often use women to entice men to bed to get information. I didn't think for one minute that I would fall for it."
The 44-year-old Tory met the girl at an official party on the opening night of the Olympics. He was accompanying Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell to China and was sitiing just a few rows from then US President George Bush.
Clement confessed: "I know I'm no George Clooney, so when lots of attractive women are being particularly friendly it's not normal.
"At the party a pretty Chinese woman came up to me, gave me her card and asked me to go for a drink. I thought nothing of it but when I got back to my hotel, she was in the reception."
After two glasses of wine, Clement invited the girl to his room. He woke to see all his documents strewn around - and the girl disappearing.
Clement said: "I wasn't thinking straight. I was thinking like a heterosexual bloke who is an 11-hour flight from home. I knew I shouldn't be doing it but by then I was drunk.
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"The next thing I knew I was waking up and she was dressed and leaving the hotel room. My wallet was open. She had plainly gone through it but I knew she wasn't a simple thief because ≠nothing was missing. I think we had sex but in truth I can't remember. She must have drugged my drink.
"While I was in Beijing I was making planning decisions from my BlackBerry. We're talking major, major decisions.
"They wanted to know which businesses I was courting. I think she was looking to see my plans, who I was meeting and how the new Conservative administration was working in London."
Clement kept the squalid encounter secret from Boris Johnson. He said: "I didn't call the office in London to tell them. I have never had a conversation with Boris about this. It wasn't a breach of British security on a national level.
"What she had learned from me was economic information about how London is run - it wasn't something that would put the people of the UK at risk so that was why I kept it to myself.
"But it's right to stand up and say, 'I'm sorry, I messed up.'"
Clement lost his job a year later when he was found to have fiddled his expenses. He resigned as Deputy Mayor in June after it was revealed he claimed £156 on meals for his girlfriend.
He had been putting personal expenses on a credit card and paying it back, but tried to claim a date was a meeting with Tory officials.
Clement was convicted and ordered to do community service painting public toilets - and is still wearing a curfew tag. He said: "I'm not bitter. The only person I'm angry with is myself."
Well,at least it was hetrosexual sex!
LOL
“They told me about honeytraps and warned me that the Chinese secret service often use women to entice men to bed to get information. I didn’t think for one minute that I would fall for it.” “
No, as the beautiful woman was giving me attention that I had never gotten before because I’m not that attractive... I thought to myself, “There is NO WAY this could be that ploy that I was specifically told about a few days ago. Nooo, she’s so believable! She said she wants to love me long time!”
Sheesh, this guy is a moron.
Well, this is unfortunate. So Boris Johnson, the Conservative who finally defeated Red Ken as Mayor of London, picked this jerk as his second in command. Nice. It really gives you new confidence in the ability of the Tories to straighten out the mess in England.
Granted the guy is a jerk, but it is possible he was drugged from that first glass of wine at the reception. He was obviously targeted.
People in sensitive positions should not drink wine at all in places like that.
Boris was always a left-wing TINO phony and Zero fanatic.
Sorry to hear it. All I knew was that Red Ken was finally defeated. But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Maggie Thatcher was just about the only Tory since the departure of Churchill with any real guts and sense. And the Tories pushed her to the curb under MacMillan.
I would have been wary, when I didn’t hear...bang bang two dollar...love you long time.
I wonder if she was cute?
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