‘Chinese spy’ at heart of Prince Andrew scandal named

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Follow live updates here Mr Yang was found with letters addressed to Beijing’s United Front Work Department - a shadowy arm of the Chinese Communist Party tasked with gaining influence over foreign officials - after he was detained in 2021. open image in gallery Prince Andrew pictured on Monday amid allegations a Chinese spy acted as his close confidant Mr Yang said he had “done nothing wrong or unlawful” and the “widespread description of me as a ‘spy’ is entirely untrue”. open image in gallery Mr Yang met David Cameron at a Downing Street reception and Theresa May at a black-tie event, which took place over the last 15 years in his London office, reports suggest On Thursday, judges ruled that former Home Secretary Suella Braverman had been “entitled to conclude” that he “represented a risk to the national security” and to remove him from the UK. open image in gallery Yang Tengbo pictured with former prime minister David Cameron and wife Samantha Three years later Mr Yang founded a Chinese investment consultancy business which would go on to establish various high-profile China-related events. It’s clearly in the national interest.” open image in gallery Yang Tengbo insisted he has done ‘nothing wrong’ and rejected allegations of being a spy as ‘entirely untrue’ Labour MP Graham Stringer told the paper that it was “ludicrous” for H6 to remain anonymous “in the country he was allegedly spying on”.