The British Navy has dropped the custom of employing Chinese laundry workers on warships over fears they may spy for Beijing, according to a report.
Hundreds of Chinese laundrymen have worked on British ships since the 1930s, but the majority were taken on from Hong Kong to wash and press sailors' uniforms and officers' white tablecloths.
However, they are being replaced by Nepalese Gurkhas as fears mount that Beijing could threaten the loved ones of laundrymen in China in order to force them to pass on Navy secrets, The Sun reports.
