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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Callum Parke

Andrew aide statement in alleged Chinese spy case can be made public – tribunal

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission found Yang Tengbo was a ‘close confidant’ of the Duke of York (Toby Melville/PA) - (PA Archive)

Documents related to a challenge against a decision to exclude an alleged Chinese spy from the UK, including a witness statement from a senior adviser to the Duke of York, can be disclosed to the media, a tribunal has ruled.

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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