After developing an exceptional level of trust with a Chinese individual who was prohibited from entering the country due to national security concerns, Prince Andrew of Britain has become embroiled in an alleged spying case.
The British High Court ruled in a written ruling Thursday that the younger brother of King Charles III, who was embroiled in a scandal, was ready to engage in business dealings with the suspected spy. The court referred to the Chinese person as H6. He can now be identified as Yang Tengbo after the court on Monday overturned an anonymity order that had protected his identity.
Judges Charles Bourne, Stephen Smith, and Stewart Eldon stated Thursday that Yang had been the target of the highest levels of national security investigation in the United Kingdom, and that British intelligence agencies were concerned he was trying to influence a member of the royal family.
Yang claimed in a statement issued by his attorneys that the popular portrayal of me as a spy is completely false.
However, the court decision stated that Andrew developed a close relationship with Yang, characterized by an uncommon level of trust, and that he was ready to engage in business dealings with the Chinese national, whom he invited to his 60th birthday celebration in 2020.
According to the ruling, Yang might represent the prince in meetings with possible Chinese partners and investors.
In a statement given to multiple media sites, Andrew’s office stated that he cut off all communication with the person when concerns were voiced. It further stated that he met the person through formal means and never discussed anything delicate.
According to the court, Yang also wanted to establish relationships with influential British people, including politicians, which China might use to sway politics.
The court further stated that former Secretary of State Suella Braverman concluded in March 2023 that the restriction on Yang’s admission into Britain was appropriate and reasonable since he was deemed a national security threat.
Although it is unknown when and where the meetings took place, images of Yang with former British prime ministers Theresa May and David Cameron have appeared in U.K. news sites.
Yang claimed in his statement that he had done nothing illegal or incorrect and that the British Home Office’s worries were unfounded.
The royal family is facing yet another humiliating revelation regarding Andrew, a former war hero who flew several missions during the 1982 war with Argentina over the far-flung Falkland Islands while serving in Britain’s Royal Navy.
After his attorneys were unable to convince a U.S. judge to dismiss a civil complaint alleging him of sexual abuse, Andrew retracted his royal patronages and military affiliations in January 2022. Virginia Giuffre, who claims she was sexually assaulted by Andrew when she was seventeen, later received a sizable payment from him.
Giuffre has long claimed that famed pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his ally, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, trafficked her to Andrew in the 1990s and forced her to have sex with him. Maxwell, 62, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a jury found that she was crucial in luring and preparing teenage girls for Epstein’s sexual abuse.
Andrew has refuted the accusation on multiple occasions.
Additionally, there have been a number of well-publicized spy incidents in the United States involving China.
Federal prosecutors charged Linda Sun, a former top adviser to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, earlier this year with money laundering, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Prosecutors claimed in court records that Sun, 41, secretly shared internal material with Beijing and used her position to assist Chinese authorities. She was also charged with preventing communication between the state government and Taiwanese diplomats.
According to the indictment, Sun obtained a position for her cousin in China, millions of dollars in transactions for her husband Chris Hu’s business ventures in China, and tickets to a number of cultural and athletic events in exchange.
Hu was accused with conspiring to commit bank fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and identity theft conspiracy.
Both have entered not guilty pleas to the accusations.
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