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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jess Glass

Andrew adviser ‘showed lack of common sense over alleged Chinese spy evidence’

A senior adviser for the Duke of York has been accused of showing a lack of common sense when he agreed to give evidence in an alleged Chinese spy’s legal case without seeking advice from his own lawyer (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

A senior adviser to the Duke of York showed a “lack of common sense” when he agreed to give evidence in an alleged Chinese spy’s legal case without seeking advice from his own lawyer, a tribunal has been told.

Yang Tengbo, who has previously said he had “done nothing wrong or unlawful”, was excluded from the UK on national security grounds by then-home secretary Suella Braverman in March 2023.

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