{"id":136672,"date":"2024-12-13T20:11:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136672"},"modified":"2024-12-13T20:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:11:49","slug":"prince-andrews-links-to-chinese-spy-suspect-revealed-by-u-k-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136672","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew\u2019s Links to Chinese Spy Suspect Revealed by U.K. Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prince Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, has been caught up in a suspected case of Chinese spying, after a British court upheld a decision to bar from the country a Chinese man who was a \u201cclose confidant\u201d of his on national security grounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/H6-v-SSHD-OPEN-Judgment-final-for-hand-down-FINAL.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ruling by the court<\/a>, issued on Thursday, found that the 50-year-old man, referred to only as H6, had a web of relationships with Andrew and other senior British officials. He also had links to the Chinese Communist Party and front organizations that seek to project Chinese influence in foreign countries, the court said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe Applicant had been in a position to generate relationships with prominent U.K. figures and senior Chinese officials that could be leveraged for political interference purposes,\u201d said the court, known as the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, in a 53-page ruling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Chinese man, who studied in Britain and started a company to advise British companies about investment opportunities in China, was retained as an agent for Prince Andrew, who had worked a decade earlier as a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/22\/world\/europe\/22britain.html\" title=\"\">special envoy for trade<\/a> and investment for the British government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dominic Hampshire, then a senior adviser to Andrew, confirmed in a 2021 letter to the man that he \u201ccould act on behalf of the Duke in engagements with potential partners and investors in China.\u201d Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, also has the title Duke of York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Security services obtained the letter after seizing a mobile phone and other digital devices from the Chinese man after he was stopped at the border in Nov. 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"css-1b5b8u1\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M2.5 12a9.5 9.5 0 1 1 19 0 9.5 9.5 0 0 1-19 0Zm8.5 1.75v-7.5h2v7.5h-2Zm0 2v2h2v-2h-2Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<hr\/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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