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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harry Davies

Chinese couple barred from UK over Communist party donation allegations

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The decision to bar the couple was made under laws allowing the government to exclude someone based on information it says should not be made public, typically for national security reasons. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA Media

A pair of wealthy Chinese nationals have been barred from entering the UK after the government accused them of being involved in making donations to British political figures on behalf of the Chinese Communist party.

The married couple, both of whom had leave to remain in the UK, received the bans last year, but details of their exclusion have only now emerged in a case before a secretive immigration tribunal.

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