British Ex-Spy Chief Says CCP Likely Destroyed Possible Evidence of Wuhan Lab Leak

Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6, leaves the High Court after giving testimony in an inquest in London, UK, on Feb. 20, 2008. Cate Gillon/Getty Images

Former head of British intelligence Sir Richard Dearlove said he believes Chinese authorities will have most likely destroyed any potential evidence that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan.

Questions have swirled about the origin of the CCP virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, with two competing theories continuing to grab headlines—one that the virus made a natural jump from animal to human, and the other that it arose due to a lab leak.