Who is H6? What we know about the Chinese 'spy' with links to Prince Andrew
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A suspected Chinese spy - described as a "close confidant" of Prince Andrew - has been barred from the UK because of concerns he posed a threat to national security. The alleged spy, known only as H6, was first excluded from entering Britain in 2023 by then home secretary Suella Braverman after the Home Office said he was considered to have engaged in "covert and deceptive activity" on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The case has recently been thrust back into the limelight after H6 argued his exclusion from the UK was unlawful and made an appeal to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC). Politics latest: MPs aiming to get more information on Chinese spy.
Last week, the specialist tribunal in London upheld the ban and ruled that Ms Braverman had been "entitled to conclude" that he "represented a risk to the national security". MPs have since expressed concern about the level of access allegedly gained by the businessman, after reports suggest he also met former prime ministers Lord David Cameron and Baroness Theresa May.
Here is everything we know about the case so far. Who is H6?. H6 is a 50-year-old Chinese national who worked as a civil servant in China before coming to the UK, where he later set up his own business. He is alleged to have been working on behalf of the CCP and United Front Work Department - an arm of the CCP which critics say is used to influence foreign entities.
Judges at the SIAC tribunal were told that in a briefing for the home secretary in July 2023, officials claimed H6 had been in a position to generate relationships between prominent UK figures and senior Chinese officials "that could be leveraged for political interference purposes".
